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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 20145 counties in Pennsylvania; Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2014, 7:48 PM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania; Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 27 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 2, 2014, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties New Castle County, DE, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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
Jul 2, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2014-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1420 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2014-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1420 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

243 
WUUS51 KPHI 022348
SVRPHI
DEC003-NJC015-033-PAC017-029-045-091-101-030015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0067.140702T2348Z-140703T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
748 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  EAST CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WESTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 745 PM EDT...TRAINED SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM BLUE BELL TO
  CLAYMONT TO MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS
  ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  AMBLER AND DELAWARE CITY AROUND 755 PM EDT...
  CHALFONT AND DREXEL HILL AROUND 800 PM EDT...
  YEADON AND FOLCROFT AROUND 805 PM EDT...
  WILLOW GROVE AND GIBBSTOWN AROUND 810 PM EDT...
  PAULSBORO AND PHILADELPHIA AROUND 815 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
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3953 7577 3981 7557 4030 7535 4031 7496
      3998 7508 3995 7514 3987 7512 3950 7543
      3949 7554 3957 7552 3959 7555 3951 7555
      3949 7558 3950 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 269DEG 19KT 4015 7528 3982 7544
          3952 7568

$$

FORECASTER:SFJ
1 follow-up statement
991 
WWUS51 KPHI 030005
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
805 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

PAC029-030015-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-140703T0015Z/
CHESTER PA-
805 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3981 7550 4005 7540 4007 7536 4006 7539
      4030 7529 4031 7496 3998 7508 3995 7514
      3987 7512 3950 7543 3949 7554 3957 7552
      3959 7555 3951 7555 3949 7558 3950 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 269DEG 19KT 4015 7516 3982 7532
          3952 7556

$$

DEC003-NJC015-033-PAC017-045-091-101-030015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-140703T0015Z/
BUCKS PA-MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-
NEW CASTLE DE-SALEM NJ-
805 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN SALEM...NORTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE...NORTHWESTERN
GLOUCESTER...DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND
CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTIES...

AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM FORT WASHINGTON TO EDDYSTONE TO PORT PENN...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA TO 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WILMINGTON TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWARK...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HORSHAM...WYNCOTE...GLENSIDE AND COLWYN BY 810 PM EDT...
  PHILADELPHIA...BRYN ATHYN...ROCKLEDGE AND CENTER CITY BY 815 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
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3981 7550 4005 7540 4007 7536 4006 7539
      4030 7529 4031 7496 3998 7508 3995 7514
      3987 7512 3950 7543 3949 7554 3957 7552
      3959 7555 3951 7555 3949 7558 3950 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 269DEG 19KT 4015 7516 3982 7532
          3952 7556

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe65 min
Jul 2, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe56 min
Jul 2, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks58 min
Jul 2, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks30 min
Jul 2, 2:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
Jul 2, 3:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks2 hr
Jul 2, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks66 min
Jul 2, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe65 min
Jul 2, 3:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more46 hr
Jul 2, 3:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe, Northampton4 hr
Jul 2, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Monroe, Northampton57 min
Jul 2, 4:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks2 hr
Jul 2, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks59 min
Jul 2, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks67 min
Jul 2, 5:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks4 hr
Jul 2, 5:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks3 hr
Jul 2, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton49 min
Jul 2, 6:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks4 hr
Jul 2, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks4 hr
Jul 2, 6:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Montgomery4 hr
Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Chester, Montgomery60 min
Jul 2, 7:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks4 hr
Jul 2, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia64 min
Jul 2, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia58 min
Jul 2, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Philadelphia55 min
Jul 2, 7:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Jul 2, 3:59 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI18 hr
Jul 2, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex42 min
Jul 2, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex60 min
Jul 2, 4:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex4 hr
Jul 2, 5:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Jul 2, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon52 min
Jul 2, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset24 min
Jul 2, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset42 min
Jul 2, 7:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset4 hr
Jul 2, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Somerset59 min
Jul 2, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 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.