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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 19, 2011Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 4:06 PM EDT for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2011, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 12:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2011-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 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 2011-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

926 
WUUS51 KPHI 192006
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-015-PAC101-192100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0053.110519T2006Z-110519T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
406 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA...
  WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  NORTH CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TURNERSVILLE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
  CAMDEN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDENWOLD AROUND 425 PM EDT...
  MAGNOLIA...WESTVILLE AND VOORHEES AROUND 435 PM EDT...
  BELLMAWR AROUND 440 PM EDT...
  GLOUCESTER CITY AND SPRINGDALE AROUND 445 PM EDT...
  CHERRY HILL AND GREENTREE AROUND 450 PM EDT...
  CAMDEN AROUND 455 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4001 7515 4002 7487 3971 7496 3974 7515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 183DEG 12KT 3976 7506

$$

PO
1 follow-up statement
373 
WWUS51 KPHI 192032
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
432 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

NJC005-015-PAC101-192039-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110519T2100Z/
GLOUCESTER NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-BURLINGTON NJ-
432 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON...
CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA AND NORTH CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3988 7507 3985 7494 3971 7496 3978 7507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 183DEG 12KT 3976 7499

$$

NJC007-192100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110519T2100Z/
CAMDEN NJ-
432 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY...

AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SICKLERVILLE...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINE HILL AND PINE VALLEY BY 435 PM EDT...
  CLEMENTON AND BLACKWOOD BY 440 PM EDT...
  LINDENWOLD AND LAUREL SPRINGS BY 445 PM EDT...
  GIBBSBORO...STRATFORD AND HI-NELLA BY 450 PM EDT...
  VOORHEES BY 455 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3988 7507 3985 7494 3971 7496 3978 7507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 183DEG 12KT 3976 7499

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks89 min
May 19, 1:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks5 hr
May 19, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks61 min
May 19, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks41 min
May 19, 2:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton3 hr
May 19, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon60 min
May 19, 3:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
May 19, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton55 min
May 19, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton63 min
May 19, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia60 min
May 19, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton53 min
May 19, 3:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton5 hr
May 19, 3:52 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia8 hr
May 19, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe57 min
May 19, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Northampton55 min
May 19, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks62 min
May 19, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks59 min
May 19, 4:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Monroe, Northampton4 hr
May 19, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe55 min
May 19, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton50 min
May 19, 7:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia82 min
May 19, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia55 min
May 18, 8:29 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris4 days
May 19, 3:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Morris, Passaic4 days
May 19, 10:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Passaic65 hr
May 19, 10:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIPassaic11 hr
May 19, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem56 min
May 19, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren56 min
May 19, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon67 min
May 19, 3:34 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPHI12 hr
May 19, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester58 min
May 19, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington54 min
May 19, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
May 19, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex47 min
May 19, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Salem52 min
May 19, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.