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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 6, 2014Camden County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey; Delaware County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2014, 4:52 PM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey; Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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 6, 2014, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2014, 5:28 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 6, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2014-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1114 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 2014-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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.

448 
WUUS51 KPHI 062052
SVRPHI
NJC007-015-033-PAC045-062145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0160.140906T2052Z-140906T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
452 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTH CENTRAL SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR BECKETT...MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL ARPT AROUND 500 PM EDT...
  GIBBSTOWN AROUND 505 PM EDT...
  MULLICA HILL AND PAULSBORO AROUND 515 PM EDT...
  WEST DEPTFORD AROUND 525 PM EDT...
  NATIONAL PARK AROUND 530 PM EDT...
  WOODBURY HEIGHTS AND DEPTFORD AROUND 535 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3966 7490 3967 7544 3977 7545 3980 7541
      3982 7546 3985 7546 3988 7525 3987 7521
      3988 7519 3988 7515 3990 7513 3992 7497
      3989 7493 3984 7492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 265DEG 12KT 3977 7533

$$

FORECASTER: SFJ
3 follow-up statements
407 
WWUS51 KPHI 062106
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
506 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

NJC033-PAC045-062115-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-140906T2145Z/
DELAWARE PA-SALEM NJ-
506 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SALEM AND
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. 
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3966 7490 3971 7532 3980 7541 3985 7530
      3985 7527 3986 7523 3988 7519 3988 7515
      3990 7513 3992 7497 3987 7492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 265DEG 12KT 3979 7528

$$

NJC007-015-062145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-140906T2145Z/
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
506 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN GLOUCESTER AND WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...

AT 502 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 GIBBSTOWN...OR 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLOUCESTER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PAULSBORO AND MULLICA HILL BY 515 PM EDT...
  WEST DEPTFORD BY 525 PM EDT...
  NATIONAL PARK BY 530 PM EDT...
  OAK VALLEY...WENONAH...WOODBURY HEIGHTS AND DEPTFORD BY 535 PM
  EDT...
  WESTVILLE AND PITMAN BY 540 PM EDT...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3966 7490 3971 7532 3980 7541 3985 7530
      3985 7527 3986 7523 3988 7519 3988 7515
      3990 7513 3992 7497 3987 7492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 265DEG 12KT 3979 7528

$$

SFJ
574 
WWUS51 KPHI 062117
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
517 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

NJC007-015-062145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-140906T2145Z/
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
517 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN GLOUCESTER AND WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...

AT 515 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 PAULSBORO...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GLOUCESTER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST DEPTFORD BY 525 PM EDT...
  NATIONAL PARK BY 530 PM EDT...
  WENONAH...OAK VALLEY...WOODBURY HEIGHTS AND DEPTFORD BY 535 PM
  EDT...
  WESTVILLE AND PITMAN BY 540 PM EDT...
  BLACKWOOD BY 545 PM EDT...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3966 7490 3970 7522 3980 7533 3985 7530
      3986 7521 3988 7519 3988 7515 3990 7513
      3992 7497 3987 7492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 265DEG 12KT 3979 7523

$$

SFJ
938 
WWUS51 KPHI 062128
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
528 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

NJC007-015-062138-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-140906T2145Z/
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
528 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GLOUCESTER AND
WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THUS...THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3966 7490 3970 7522 3980 7533 3985 7530
      3986 7521 3988 7519 3988 7515 3990 7513
      3992 7497 3987 7493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 265DEG 12KT 3979 7518

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren53 min
Sep 6, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex59 min
Sep 6, 2:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset4 hr
Sep 6, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex26 min
Sep 6, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer65 min
Sep 6, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon58 min
Sep 6, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer60 min
Sep 6, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth57 min
Sep 6, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Sep 6, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset60 min
Sep 6, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington58 min
Sep 6, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean43 min
Sep 6, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Sep 6, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Sep 6, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Sep 6, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington59 min
Sep 6, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean35 min
Sep 6, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem64 min
Sep 6, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Sep 6, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May60 min
Sep 6, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester62 min
Sep 6, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester43 min
Sep 6, 2:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester4 hr
Sep 6, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery54 min
Sep 6, 3:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester4 hr
Sep 6, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton54 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.