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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 23, 20144 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 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
Jul 23, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 347 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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.

418 
WUUS51 KPHI 240015
SVRPHI
NJC005-021-025-029-PAC017-101-240115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0145.140724T0015Z-140724T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
815 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR CROYDON...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BURLINGTON AND FLORENCE AROUND 820 PM EDT...
  COLUMBUS AND JACKSONVILLE AROUND 830 PM EDT...
  JOBSTOWN AND CROSSWICKS AROUND 835 PM EDT...
  GEORGETOWN AND PEMBERTON AROUND 840 PM EDT...
  WRIGHTSTOWN AND TABERNACLE AROUND 845 PM EDT...
  BROWNS MILLS AND CREAM RIDGE AROUND 850 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3971 7453 4006 7509 4007 7510 4014 7501
      4017 7507 4030 7498 4018 7419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 291DEG 25KT 4010 7487

$$

FORECASTER: SFJ
2 follow-up statements
706 
WWUS51 KPHI 240029
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
829 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

NJC005-021-025-029-PAC017-101-240115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-140724T0115Z/
MERCER NJ-BUCKS PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-BURLINGTON NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
829 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH...BURLINGTON...
NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA...SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS AND SOUTHERN MERCER
COUNTIES...

AT 827 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 JACKSONVILLE...OR 11
MILES SOUTH OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JOBSTOWN BY 835 PM EDT...
  GEORGETOWN...PEMBERTON AND PEMBERTON HEIGHTS BY 840 PM EDT...
  WRIGHTSTOWN AND FORT DIX BY 845 PM EDT...
  MCGUIRE AFB AND NEW EGYPT BY 850 PM EDT...
  BROWNS MILLS AND COUNTRY LAKE ESTATES BY 855 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 3971 7453 4005 7508 4028 7482 4018 7419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 291DEG 25KT 4006 7474

$$

SFJ
255 
WWUS51 KPHI 240106
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
906 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

NJC005-021-025-029-PAC017-101-240116-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-140724T0115Z/
MERCER NJ-BUCKS PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-BURLINGTON NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
906 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...
SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH...BURLINGTON...NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA...
SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS AND SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM
EDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THUS...THE WARNING 
WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3971 7453 4005 7508 4028 7482 4018 7419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 291DEG 25KT 3997 7444

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Salem57 min
Jul 23, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jul 23, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth64 min
Jul 23, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean37 min
Jul 23, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jul 23, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May58 min
Jul 23, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jul 23, 11:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Jul 23, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.