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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 13, 2013Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2013, 9:22 AM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 13, 2013, 9:22 AM EDT (13:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2013-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1840 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
1840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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

338 
WUUS51 KPHI 131322
SVRPHI
NJC005-029-131400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0094.130813T1322Z-130813T1400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
922 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT

* AT 918 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
  LEISURETOWNE TO TABERNACLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS
  ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PRESIDENTIAL LAKES AROUND 935 AM EDT...
  BROWNS MILLS AROUND 940 AM EDT...
  OLD HALFWAY AROUND 950 AM EDT...
  CEDAR GLEN LAKES AND WHITING AROUND 955 AM EDT...
  BAMBER LAKE AND LAKEHURST AROUND 1000 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL 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 ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4011 7422 3995 7428 3986 7433 3981 7475
      3991 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1322Z 254DEG 25KT 3989 7468 3983 7470

$$

FORECASTER:  DRAG
1 follow-up statement
820 
WWUS51 KPHI 131351
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
951 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

NJC005-029-131400-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-130813T1400Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
951 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL OCEAN AND EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 948 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM COUNTRY LAKE ESTATES TO PRESIDENTIAL LAKES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
OLD HALFWAY AND CEDAR GLEN LAKES AROUND 1000 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING 
WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD 
MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING...AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS OR EVEN BELOW GROUND LEVEL.


&&

LAT...LON 3986 7456 3998 7458 4011 7422 3995 7428
      3986 7433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 240DEG 16KT 3998 7449 3987 7451

$$

FORECASTER:  DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 6 more9 hr
Aug 13, 6:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem67 min
Aug 13, 7:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem40 min
Aug 13, 7:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI19 min
Aug 13, 7:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem59 min
Aug 13, 7:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem7 hr
Aug 13, 7:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Warren7 hr
Aug 13, 7:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI24 min
Aug 13, 7:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem8 hr
Aug 13, 7:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden66 min
Aug 13, 7:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem48 min
Aug 13, 8:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer8 hr
Aug 13, 8:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer39 min
Aug 13, 8:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem61 min
Aug 13, 8:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester7 hr
Aug 13, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Salem38 min
Aug 13, 9:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington49 min
Aug 13, 9:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic34 min
Aug 13, 9:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Aug 13, 9:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 4 more5 hr
Aug 13, 9:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean47 min
Aug 13, 9:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cumberland56 min
Aug 13, 10:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth29 min
Aug 13, 10:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean41 min
Aug 13, 10:12 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIOcean33 min
Aug 13, 10:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean28 min
Aug 13, 10:39 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Aug 13, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic54 min
Aug 13, 11:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Aug 13, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Aug 13, 2:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem9 hr
Aug 13, 3:30 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.