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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 2014Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2014, 9:54 PM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 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, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2014, 10:38 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 2, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.5

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The text

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

082 
WUUS51 KPHI 030154
SVRPHI
NJC005-029-030300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0071.140703T0154Z-140703T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 951 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR CHATSWORTH...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OLD HALFWAY AROUND 1005 PM EDT...
  WARREN GROVE AROUND 1010 PM EDT...
  WOODRUFF AROUND 1015 PM EDT...
  WHITING AND CEDAR GLEN LAKES AROUND 1020 PM EDT...
  SIX FLAGS THEME PARK AROUND 1025 PM EDT...
  BAMBER LAKE AND CASSVILLE AROUND 1030 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 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

&&

LAT...LON 3979 7409 3978 7413 3980 7413 3981 7410
      3992 7410 3990 7412 3986 7412 3976 7418
      3964 7457 3990 7479 4017 7441 4017 7430
      4000 7410 3996 7410 3998 7408 3996 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 251DEG 17KT 3986 7452

$$

FORECASTER:SFJ

3 follow-up statements

129 
WWUS51 KPHI 030222
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1022 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

NJC005-029-030300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140703T0300Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
1022 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL OCEAN AND EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1021 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 BAMBER LAKE...OR 10
MILES WEST OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BAMBER LAKE BY 1030 PM EDT...
  HOLIDAY HEIGHTS AND HOLIDAY CITY BY 1040 PM EDT...
  SOUTH TOMS RIVER AND SILVER RIDGE BY 1045 PM EDT...
  SOUTH TOMS RIVER...TOMS RIVER...PINE BEACH AND BEACHWOOD BY 1050 PM
  EDT...
  ISLAND HEIGHTS BY 1055 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.

LAT...LON 3979 7409 3978 7413 3980 7413 3981 7410
      3992 7410 3990 7412 3986 7412 3976 7418
      3969 7442 3992 7448 4004 7415 4000 7410
      3996 7410 3998 7408 3996 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 251DEG 17KT 3990 7436

$$

SFJ

794 
WWUS51 KPHI 030231
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1031 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

NJC005-030241-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140703T0300Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-
1031 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

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


LAT...LON 3979 7409 3978 7413 3980 7413 3981 7410
      3992 7410 3990 7412 3986 7412 3976 7418
      3974 7429 3997 7434 4004 7415 4000 7410
      3996 7410 3998 7408 3996 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 251DEG 17KT 3991 7431

$$

NJC029-030300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140703T0300Z/
OCEAN NJ-
1031 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY...

AT 1028 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 BAMBER LAKE...OR 8
MILES WEST OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLIDAY HEIGHTS AND HOLIDAY CITY BY 1040 PM EDT...
  SILVER RIDGE BY 1045 PM EDT...
  SOUTH TOMS RIVER...BEACHWOOD AND PLEASANT PLAINS BY 1050 PM EDT...
  TOMS RIVER...ISLAND HEIGHTS...PINE BEACH AND OCEAN GATE BY 1055 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.

LAT...LON 3979 7409 3978 7413 3980 7413 3981 7410
      3992 7410 3990 7412 3986 7412 3976 7418
      3974 7429 3997 7434 4004 7415 4000 7410
      3996 7410 3998 7408 3996 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 251DEG 17KT 3991 7431

$$

SFJ

157 
WWUS51 KPHI 030238
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1038 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

NJC029-030248-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140703T0300Z/
OCEAN NJ-
1038 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THUS THE WARNING 
WAS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3979 7409 3978 7413 3980 7413 3981 7410
      3992 7410 3990 7412 3986 7412 3976 7418
      3974 7429 3997 7434 4004 7415 4000 7410
      3996 7410 3998 7408 3996 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 251DEG 17KT 3992 7427

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	4 hr
Jul 2, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	52 min
Jul 2, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth	56 min
Jul 2, 8:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset	4 hr
Jul 2, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	57 min
Jul 2, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem	67 min
Jul 2, 8:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean	4 hr
Jul 2, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		55 min
Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	60 min
Jul 2, 10:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden	112 min
Jul 2, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington	62 min
Jul 2, 11:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington	3 hr
Jul 3, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		116 min
Jul 3, 12:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
Jul 3, 12:26 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Jul 3, 12:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland	50 min
Jul 3, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	45 min
Jul 3, 1:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		61 min
Jul 3, 1:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more	56 min
Jul 3, 1:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean	4 hr
Jul 3, 1:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean	53 min
Jul 3, 2:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
Jul 3, 2:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	56 min
Jul 3, 5:46 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		54 hr
Jul 3, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	38 min
Jul 3, 1:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Warren	24 min
Jul 3, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	52 min
Jul 3, 3:27 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean	41 hr
Jul 3, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	49 min
Jul 3, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Sussex	60 min
Jul 3, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	54 min
Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	55 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	4 hr
Jul 3, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	67 min
Jul 3, 6:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex	4 hr
Jul 3, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	44 min
Jul 3, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Sussex, Warren	58 min
Jul 3, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jul 3, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon	55 min
Jul 3, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	61 min
Jul 3, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	55 min
Jul 3, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren	65 min
Jul 3, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	61 min
Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	4 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.