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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 25, 2013Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2013, 4:49 PM EDT for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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 25, 2013, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Camden County, NJ, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 25, 4:49 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPhiladelphia, PASEVERAL TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
Jun 25, 4:52 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCamden, NJNUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN NORTHWESTERN PART OF CAMDEN COUNTY.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2013-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 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 2013-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1107 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 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.

268 
WUUS51 KPHI 252049
SVRPHI
NJC007-PAC101-252115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0044.130625T2049Z-130625T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
449 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR MILLBOURNE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMDEN AND BEN FRANKLIN BRIDGE AROUND 455 PM EDT...
  GLOUCESTER CITY AND BELLMAWR AROUND 500 PM EDT...
  MAGNOLIA AND CHERRY HILL AROUND 510 PM EDT...
  VOORHEES AND SPRINGDALE AROUND 515 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3975 7499 3980 7508 3984 7508 3989 7514
      3988 7519 3987 7521 3990 7526 3994 7524
      3995 7525 4002 7521 3993 7498 3989 7493
      3984 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 297DEG 26KT 3994 7518

$$

FORECASTER: AMC
1 follow-up statement
154 
WWUS51 KPHI 252101
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
501 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

PAC101-252111-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-130625T2115Z/
PHILADELPHIA PA-
501 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHILADELPHIA
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3975 7499 3980 7508 3984 7508 3989 7514
      3996 7508 3989 7493 3986 7492 3983 7492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 296DEG 29KT 3988 7504

$$

NJC007-252115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-130625T2115Z/
CAMDEN NJ-
501 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY...

AT 459 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 AUDUBON...OR NEAR
GLOUCESTER CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
VOORHEES AND GIBBSBORO AROUND 510 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3975 7499 3980 7508 3984 7508 3989 7514
      3996 7508 3989 7493 3986 7492 3983 7492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 296DEG 29KT 3988 7504

$$

FORECASTER: AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks67 min
Jun 25, 3:26 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia20 hr
Jun 25, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester60 min
Jun 25, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware53 min
Jun 24, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington35 min
Jun 24, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean64 min
Jun 24, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean56 min
Jun 24, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 25, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset60 min
Jun 25, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren54 min
Jun 25, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex58 min
Jun 25, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean62 min
Jun 25, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem65 min
Jun 25, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic57 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.