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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 20114 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2011, 1:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 66 min. 4 reports 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 14, 2011, 1:24 PM EDT (17:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 14, 1:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBridgeton, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN BRIDGETON
Aug 14, 1:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPittsgrove Twp, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN PITTSGROVE TWP
Aug 14, 2:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMalaga, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN MALAGA
Aug 14, 2:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMonroe Twp, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN MONROE TWP

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

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 341 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

312 
WUUS51 KPHI 141724
SVRPHI
NJC001-011-015-033-141830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0241.110814T1724Z-110814T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
124 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VINELAND...MILLVILLE...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSENHAYN...OR 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MILLVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSENHAYN AROUND 130 PM EDT...
  OLIVET AROUND 135 PM EDT...
  SOUTH VINELAND AROUND 140 PM EDT...
  VINELAND AROUND 150 PM EDT...
  MALAGA AROUND 155 PM EDT...
  NEWFIELD AROUND 200 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...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 3949 7473 3933 7518 3947 7532 3968 7500
      3970 7497 3968 7494 3963 7490 3961 7490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 232DEG 14KT 3946 7516

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
203 
WWUS51 KPHI 141757
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
157 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

NJC001-011-015-033-141830-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0241.000000T0000Z-110814T1830Z/
SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
157 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL ATLANTIC...SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER...NORTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTIES...

AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWFIELD AND 
VINELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUENA BY 210 PM EDT...
  VICTORY LAKES AND MIZPAH BY 220 PM EDT...
  COLLINGS LAKES...MONROE TOWNSHIP AND WILLIAMSTOWN BY 225 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3938 7504 3953 7523 3970 7497 3968 7494
      3963 7490 3961 7490 3949 7473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 232DEG 14KT 3954 7503

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 9:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren4 hr
Aug 13, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Aug 13, 11:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex4 hr
Aug 13, 11:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris4 hr
Aug 14, 12:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset4 hr
Aug 14, 12:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Somerset3 hr
Aug 14, 2:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Aug 14, 3:25 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Aug 14, 3:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem113 min
Aug 14, 3:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more25 hr
Aug 14, 3:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 4 more4 hr
Aug 14, 4:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Mercer60 min
Aug 14, 5:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Aug 14, 6:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 14, 7:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 4 more4 hr
Aug 14, 8:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Aug 14, 11:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem18 hr
Aug 14, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Aug 14, 12:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris28 hr
Aug 14, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI35 min
Aug 14, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem62 min
Aug 14, 12:37 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren7 hr
Aug 14, 1:36 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset16 hr
Aug 14, 2:21 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBurlington6 hr
Aug 14, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester52 min
Aug 14, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean57 min
Aug 14, 4:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMercer9 hr

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.