Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2014, 8:19 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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
- Jul 14, 2014, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Burlington County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Lumberton, NJ | 65 MPH WIND GUST IN LUMBERTON. |
| Jul 14, 8:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Southampton Twp, NJ | LARGE ALUMINUM IRRIGATION PIPES BLOWN ACROSS BUDDTOWN ROAD IN SOUTHAMPTON TWP. MANY TREES ALSO BLOWN DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 921 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
359 WFUS51 KPHI 150019 TORPHI NJC005-150045- /O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0005.140715T0019Z-140715T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 819 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MEDFORD... OR 13 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LUMBERTON BY 825 PM EDT... MOUNT HOLLY BY 830 PM EDT... PEMBERTON BY 835 PM EDT... WRIGHTSTOWN...JOBSTOWN AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS BY 840 PM EDT... BROWNS MILLS BY 845 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. && LAT...LON 4009 7469 3997 7454 3986 7485 3993 7490 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 241DEG 32KT 3992 7485 $$ SZATKOWSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Jul 14, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 49 min | |
| Jul 15, 2:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Ocean | 5 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:53 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 24 hr | |
| Jul 15, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 1:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 68 min |
| Jul 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 2:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 31 min | |
| Jul 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 67 min |
| Jul 15, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 91 min | |
| Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 4:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| Jul 15, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Jul 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Jul 15, 6:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 115 min | |
| Jul 15, 6:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 6:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.