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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 2, 2014Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2014, 8:07 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 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
Sep 2, 2014, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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
Sep 2, 8:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCherry Hill, NJTREE DOWN ON NJ 70 EASTBOUND OF NJ41 AND CR154.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2014-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1064 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 2014-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
1064 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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.

309 
WUUS51 KPHI 030007
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-030045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0155.140903T0007Z-140903T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
807 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR MERCHANTVILLE...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENTREE AROUND 815 PM EDT...
  MOUNT LAUREL AND MARLTON AROUND 820 PM EDT...
  WILLINGBORO AROUND 825 PM EDT...
  LUMBERTON AND MEDFORD AROUND 830 PM EDT...
  MOUNT HOLLY AND JACKSONVILLE AROUND 835 PM EDT...
  PEMBERTON AND JOBSTOWN AROUND 840 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE INDOORS TO A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO
SO...REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3992 7448 3988 7514 3990 7514 3995 7514
      3998 7508 4001 7505 4002 7502 4004 7499
      4015 7464 4014 7462 4014 7459 3994 7447
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 259DEG 30KT 3995 7507

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem65 min
Sep 2, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Sep 2, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem77 min
Sep 2, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
Sep 2, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic52 min
Sep 2, 10:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI92 min
Sep 2, 11:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.