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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 13, 20138 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 10:03 AM EDT for 8 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 57 min. 8 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
Jun 13, 2013, 10:03 AM EDT (14:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 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
Jun 13, 10:15 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGDeerfield, NJFOUR POWER POLES ON MORTON AVENUE WERE DOWN
Jun 13, 10:15 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGDeerfield Twp, NJSEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED AND FELL ONTO MORTON AVENUE.
Jun 13, 10:20 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Bridgeton, NJ
Jun 13, 10:27 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Deerfield, NJ
Jun 13, 10:27 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Deerfield Twp, NJ
Jun 13, 10:30 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Millville, NJ
Jun 13, 10:49 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Estell Manor, NJ
Jun 13, 11:00 AM EDTHAIL 0.75Linwood, NJPEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL ENCOUNTERED

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 7:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2013-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 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 2013-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

360 
WUUS51 KPHI 131403
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-007-009-011-015-029-033-131500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0023.130613T1403Z-130613T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1003 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 959 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
  LUMBERTON TO MONROE TOWNSHIP TO GREENWICH...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER            
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART  
  OF THE LINE WAS IN PORTIONS OF CAMDEN AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WRIGHTSTOWN AND FAIRTON AROUND 1010 AM EDT...
  BROWNS MILLS AND PRESIDENTIAL LAKES AROUND 1015 AM EDT...
  WHARTON STATE FOREST AND VINELAND AROUND 1020 AM EDT...
  CEDAR GLEN LAKES AND WHITING AROUND 1025 AM EDT...
  WADING RIVER AND PORT ELIZABETH AROUND 1030 AM EDT...
  WARREN GROVE AND NEW GRETNA AROUND 1035 AM EDT...

THIS LINE HAS HAD WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND COVER
ROADS WITH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE OF 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHEN THUNDER ROARS...MOVE INDOORS! 
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3977 7409 3956 7422 3950 7429 3943 7432
      3938 7441 3936 7440 3930 7454 3920 7464
      3938 7544 3942 7547 3968 7500 4005 7482
      3999 7410 3996 7410 3999 7408 3999 7405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1401Z 277DEG 42KT 3998 7478 3967 7492
          3943 7538

$$

FORECASTER: GORSE
1 follow-up statement
281 
WWUS51 KPHI 131433
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1033 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

NJC007-015-033-131441-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130613T1500Z/
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-SALEM NJ-
1033 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALEM...
SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER AND SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE LINE OF STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3977 7409 3956 7422 3950 7429 3943 7432
      3938 7441 3936 7440 3930 7454 3920 7464
      3935 7528 3951 7504 3952 7498 3971 7476
      4003 7456 3999 7411 3996 7410 3999 7408
      3999 7405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1431Z 260DEG 40KT 3991 7443 3960 7458
          3936 7504

$$

NJC001-005-009-011-029-131500-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130613T1500Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
1033 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR CUMBERLAND...OCEAN...ATLANTIC...NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY AND EASTERN
BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1029 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH
DIAMETER HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OLD HALFWAY TO EGG HARBOR
CITY TO MILLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HOLIDAY CITY AND WARREN GROVE AROUND 1040 AM EDT...
SOUTH TOMS RIVER AND HOLIDAY HEIGHTS AROUND 1045 AM EDT...
GILFORD PARK AND TOMS RIVER AROUND 1050 AM EDT...
LAVALLETTE AND WARETOWN AROUND 1055 AM EDT...
BARNEGAT LIGHT AND NORTH BEACH HAVEN AROUND 1100 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION ALONG SOME PORTIONS OF 
THIS LINE OF STORMS. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO 
MAY 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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 1100 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3977 7409 3956 7422 3950 7429 3943 7432
      3938 7441 3936 7440 3930 7454 3920 7464
      3935 7528 3951 7504 3952 7498 3971 7476
      4003 7456 3999 7411 3996 7410 3999 7408
      3999 7405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1431Z 260DEG 45KT 3991 7443 3960 7458
          3936 7504

$$

FORECASTER: GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 9:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem57 min
Jun 13, 9:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset and 1 more58 min
Jun 13, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jun 13, 10:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Jun 13, 10:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 13, 10:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May55 min
Jun 13, 10:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jun 13, 11:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean29 min
Jun 13, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 13, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 13, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jun 13, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland64 min
Jun 13, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem4 hr
Jun 13, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic67 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 13, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem58 min
Jun 13, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jun 13, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jun 13, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean58 min
Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean4 hr
Jun 13, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Jun 13, 7:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset4 hr

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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.