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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 9, 20115 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2011, 1:08 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2011, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 1:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWoodstown, NJTELEPHONE WIRES DOWN IN WOODSTOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

600 
WUUS51 KPHI 091708
SVRPHI
NJC001-007-011-015-033-091815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0236.110809T1708Z-110809T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
108 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINELAND...
  SOUTHERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 104 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WOODSTOWN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELMER AROUND 130 PM EDT...
  OLIVET AROUND 135 PM EDT...
  FRANKLINVILLE AND CLAYTON AROUND 140 PM EDT...
  MALAGA AROUND 145 PM EDT...
  NEWFIELD AROUND 150 PM EDT...
  VICTORY LAKES AROUND 155 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3965 7477 3940 7502 3960 7552 3979 7542
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 288DEG 23KT 3966 7535

$$

HEAVENER
3 follow-up statements
432 
WWUS51 KPHI 091731
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
131 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

NJC001-007-011-015-033-091815-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-110809T1815Z/
SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
131 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC...SOUTHERN GLOUCESTER...SOUTHEASTERN
CAMDEN...NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND SALEM COUNTIES...

AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ELMER...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINELAND...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLINVILLE AND CLAYTON BY 140 PM EDT...
  MALAGA BY 145 PM EDT...
  NEWFIELD BY 150 PM EDT...
  VICTORY LAKES BY 155 PM EDT...
  BUENA BY 200 PM EDT...
  COLLINGS LAKES BY 205 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3976 7529 3965 7477 3940 7502 3960 7552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 288DEG 23KT 3961 7517

$$

HEAVENER
774 
WWUS51 KPHI 091754
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
154 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

NJC001-007-011-015-033-091815-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-110809T1815Z/
SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
154 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC...SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER...SOUTHEASTERN
CAMDEN...NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND EASTERN SALEM COUNTIES...

AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NEWFIELD...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF VINELAND...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUENA BY 200 PM EDT...
  COLLINGS LAKES BY 205 PM EDT...
  FOLSOM BY 210 PM EDT...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF HAMMONTON BY 215 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3974 7519 3965 7477 3940 7502 3956 7541
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 288DEG 23KT 3956 7499

$$

HEAVENER
768 
WWUS51 KPHI 091817
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
217 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

NJC001-007-011-015-033-091827-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-110809T1815Z/
SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
217 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC...
SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER...SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN...NORTH CENTRAL
CUMBERLAND AND EASTERN SALEM COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3974 7519 3965 7477 3940 7502 3956 7541
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 288DEG 23KT 3956 7499

$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 12:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester57 min
Aug 9, 12:32 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIGloucester28 min
Aug 9, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem58 min
Aug 9, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester58 min
Aug 9, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic59 min
Aug 9, 2:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
Aug 9, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth53 min
Aug 9, 2:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset3 hr
Aug 9, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic63 min
Aug 9, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI92 min
Aug 9, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester87 min
Aug 9, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem81 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.