Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 4, 20154 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 4, 2015, 8:42 PM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
Jan 4, 2015, 8:42 PM EST (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 2015, 9:15 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 4, 8:58 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGMillville, NJTREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE MILLVILLE AREA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 2015-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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 00:00Z on 2015-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 243 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

090 
WUUS51 KPHI 050142
SVRPHI
NJC001-011-015-033-050215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0001.150105T0142Z-150105T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
842 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 836 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR GREENWICH...MOVING EAST AT
  75 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH VINELAND AND MILLVILLE AROUND 850 PM EST...
  VINELAND AND BUENA AROUND 855 PM EST...
  MIZPAH AND WEYMOUTH AROUND 900 PM EST...
  ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA AND MAYS LANDING AROUND 905 PM EST...
  EGG HARBOR CITY AND POMONA AROUND 910 PM EST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OF MORE THAN 57 MPH...OR HAIL ONE
INCH OR LARGER.

&&

LAT...LON 3944 7445 3924 7520 3929 7526 3928 7529
      3930 7532 3942 7542 3963 7490 3961 7487
      3967 7481 3971 7471 3968 7467 3962 7465
      3962 7462 3957 7454 3957 7451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 248DEG 66KT 3936 7522

$$

SZATKOWSKI
1 follow-up statement
312 
WWUS51 KPHI 050203
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
903 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

NJC001-011-015-033-050215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0215Z/
GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
903 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST
FOR CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SALEM...ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEASTERN
GLOUCESTER COUNTIES...

AT 900 PM EST...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 MIZPAH...OR 10 MILES
EAST OF VINELAND...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS STORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST TO 48 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVED 
THROUGH MILLVILLE NJ. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EGG HARBOR CITY...PORT REPUBLIC...6 MILES NORTH OF POMONA AND 9
  MILES NORTH OF ABSECON BY 910 PM EST...

LAT...LON 3944 7445 3924 7520 3929 7526 3928 7529
      3930 7532 3942 7542 3963 7490 3961 7487
      3967 7481 3971 7471 3968 7467 3962 7465
      3962 7462 3957 7454 3957 7451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 248DEG 66KT 3949 7477

$$

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 8:16 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jan 4, 8:36 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean54 min
Jan 4, 8:51 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI39 min
Jan 5, 10:24 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI14 hr
Jan 5, 3:26 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more27 hr

Nearby

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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.