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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 17, 20134 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2013, 6:38 PM EDT for 4 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
Jun 17, 2013, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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
Jun 17, 6:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGUpper Deerfield Twp, NJA FEW TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE TWP.

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2013-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 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 2013-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

317 
WUUS51 KPHI 172238
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-011-033-172345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0032.130617T2238Z-130617T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
638 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR OLIVET...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRIDGETON AROUND 645 PM EDT...
  ROSENHAYN AROUND 650 PM EDT...
  SOUTH VINELAND AND VINELAND AROUND 710 PM EDT...
  MILLVILLE AROUND 715 PM EDT...
  LAUREL LAKE AROUND 730 PM EDT...
  CUMBERLAND AND PORT ELIZABETH AROUND 735 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...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 STORM...AND
THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES. FOR YOUR SAFETY...IMMEDIATELY MOVE
OFF THE BEACH AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

&&

LAT...LON 3921 7464 3914 7469 3913 7471 3910 7469
      3906 7474 3907 7477 3946 7532 3963 7517
      3957 7506 3952 7500 3952 7497 3929 7454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 314DEG 15KT 3953 7517

$$

NIERENBERG
1 follow-up statement
585 
WWUS51 KPHI 172334
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
734 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

NJC001-009-011-033-172344-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-130617T2345Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
734 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN
SALEM...SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC AND NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3921 7464 3914 7469 3913 7471 3910 7469
      3906 7474 3907 7477 3946 7532 3963 7517
      3957 7506 3952 7500 3952 7497 3929 7454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 314DEG 15KT 3936 7495

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 16, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jun 16, 10:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI82 min
Jun 17, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset53 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset60 min
Jun 17, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset65 min
Jun 17, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem69 min
Jun 17, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer73 min
Jun 17, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester61 min
Jun 17, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth57 min
Jun 17, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem65 min
Jun 17, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Salem55 min
Jun 17, 6:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISalem2 hr
Jun 17, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Salem92 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.