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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 1, 2013Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2013, 3:44 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 61 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
Sep 1, 2013, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 12:00Z on 2013-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 776 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 12:00Z on 2013-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
776 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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.

019 
WUUS51 KPHI 011944
SVRPHI
NJC001-012045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0097.130901T1944Z-130901T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
344 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR ENGLISH CREEK...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 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...
  NORTHFIELD AROUND 410 PM EDT...
  PLEASANTVILLE AROUND 425 PM EDT...
  POMONA AND ABSECON AROUND 445 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OF MORE THAN 57 MPH...OR HAIL ONE
INCH OR LARGER.

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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. WHEN THUNDER ROARS...MOVE INDOORS! REMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3949 7440 3930 7463 3929 7465 3932 7473
      3961 7461
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 220DEG 7KT 3935 7464

$$

FORECASTER: GORSE
2 follow-up statements
501 
WWUS51 KPHI 012004
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
404 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

NJC001-012045-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-130901T2045Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-
404 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY...

AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ENGLISH CREEK...OR 7 MILES NORTH 
OF OCEAN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS BUILDING 
WESTWARD SOME.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHFIELD AROUND 415 PM EDT...
PLEASANTVILLE AROUND 430 PM EDT...
POMONA AND ABSECON AROUND 445 PM EDT...

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED SOME, HOWEVER HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF 
PENNIES IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...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.

&&

LAT...LON 3949 7440 3931 7462 3935 7472 3961 7461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 220DEG 7KT 3938 7461

$$

FORECASTER: GORSE
611 
WWUS51 KPHI 012017
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
417 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

NJC001-012025-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-130901T2045Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-
417 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3949 7440 3931 7462 3935 7472 3961 7461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 220DEG 7KT 3940 7459

$$

FORECASTER: GAINES/GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 4:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex52 min
Sep 1, 4:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex4 hr
Sep 1, 7:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren96 min
Sep 1, 7:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon84 min
Sep 1, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Somerset92 min
Sep 1, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic42 min
Sep 1, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth62 min
Sep 1, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean65 min
Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean65 min
Sep 1, 4:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Ocean2 hr
Sep 1, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon65 min
Sep 1, 7:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren119 min

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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.