Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 2012Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 9:58 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 1, 2012, 9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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
Jul 1, 10:10 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Upper Twp, NJPEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN UPPER TOWNSHIP.
Jul 1, 10:20 PM EDTHAIL 1Ocean City, NJ
Jul 1, 10:25 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Seaville, NJ
Jul 1, 10:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Palermo, NJ

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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2151 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
2151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

848 
WUUS51 KPHI 020158
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-020300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0071.120702T0158Z-120702T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
958 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 952 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 CORBIN CITY...OR 17 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MILLVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARMORA...BEESLEYS POINT...SEAVILLE AND SOMERS POINT AROUND 1005 PM
  EDT...
  OCEAN CITY AND STRATHMERE AROUND 1010 PM EDT...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF LONGPORT AROUND 1015 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3929 7454 3928 7455 3925 7460 3920 7464
      3917 7467 3913 7470 3923 7490 3940 7481
      3932 7451 3931 7451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 292DEG 27KT 3928 7473

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
513 
WWUS51 KPHI 020226
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1026 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

NJC001-020236-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120702T0300Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-
1026 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

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 3925 7460 3913 7470 3921 7475 3929 7468
      3930 7467 3929 7465 3930 7464 3928 7455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 291DEG 26KT 3924 7461

$$

NJC009-020300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120702T0300Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-
1026 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY...

AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
MARMORA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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 3925 7460 3913 7470 3921 7475 3929 7468
      3930 7467 3929 7465 3930 7464 3928 7455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 291DEG 26KT 3924 7461

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean44 min
Jul 1, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean57 min
Jul 1, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jul 1, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 1, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic24 min
Jul 1, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI116 min
Jul 2, 2:56 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more7 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.