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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 22, 2014Camden County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 62 min. 9 reports 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: May 22, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties New Castle County, DE, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 4:32 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Claymont, DE
May 22, 4:35 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Talleyville, DE	AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. NO WIND DAMAGE.
May 22, 4:45 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Sw Swedesboro, NJ
May 22, 4:48 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Upper Chichester Twp, PA
May 22, 4:50 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Mullica Hill, NJ	ON ROAD
May 22, 5:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Nw Woodstown, NJ
May 22, 5:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cheyney, PA	TREE DOWN.
May 22, 5:14 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Glen Mills, PA
May 22, 5:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Garnet Valley, PA

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 22, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 22, 12:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

443 
WUUS51 KPHI 222013
SVRPHI
DEC003-NJC007-015-033-PAC045-101-222115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0023.140522T2013Z-140522T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
413 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  NORTH CENTRAL SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR WEST GOSHEN...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
  CHEYNEY AROUND 420 PM EDT...
  GRADYVILLE AND CONCORDVILLE AROUND 425 PM EDT...
  LIMA AND CHELSEA AROUND 430 PM EDT...
  NETHER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP AND SWARTHMORE AROUND 435 PM EDT...
  CHESTER AND YEADON AROUND 440 PM EDT...
  PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL ARPT AND FOLCROFT AROUND 445 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL IN 
BERKS AND CHESTER COUNTIES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! IF TIME 
ALLOWS...PUT AUTOMOBILES INTO A CARPORT OR GARAGE.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

&&

LAT...LON 3991 7555 3994 7554 4002 7533 4000 7530
      3998 7527 3998 7526 3983 7497 3964 7538
      3986 7560 3988 7560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 310DEG 24KT 3998 7554

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 2:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris, Sussex	55 min
May 22, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	62 min
May 22, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer	38 min
May 22, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester, Salem	53 min
May 22, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	42 min
May 22, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris, Sussex	52 min
May 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		48 min
May 22, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem	47 min
May 22, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	56 min
May 22, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		83 min
May 22, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
May 22, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May	31 min
May 22, 3:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	65 min
May 22, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	63 min
May 22, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	46 min
May 22, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon	46 min
May 22, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	50 min
May 22, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	55 min
May 22, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Lehigh	66 min
May 22, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Northampton	24 min
May 22, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	33 min
May 22, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	57 min
May 22, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	39 min
May 22, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks	34 min
May 22, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	44 min
May 22, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Delaware	37 min
May 22, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	New Castle	56 min
May 22, 4:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Kent	31 min
May 22, 4:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Kent	22 min
May 22, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	64 min
May 22, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	62 min
May 22, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2014 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.