Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2015, 3:27 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 min. 3 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
- Jun 16, 2015, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2015, 4:11 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Estell Manor, NJ | TREES DOWN IN ESTELL MANOR AND VENTOR. |
| Jun 16, 3:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Upper Twp, NJ | WIRES DOWN IN THE TOWNSHIP |
| Jun 16, 3:49 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 44 | S Ocean City, NJ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
645
WUUS51 KPHI 161927
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-011-162030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0047.150616T1927Z-150616T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
EAST CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 326 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER DOROTHY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINELAND...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINELAND...ATLANTIC CITY...MILLVILLE...OCEAN CITY...CUMBERLAND...
PLEASANTVILLE...SOMERS POINT...VENTNOR CITY...NORTHFIELD...
ABSECON...MARGATE CITY...BUENA...LAUREL LAKE...WOODBINE...SEA ISLE
CITY...ESTELL MANOR...LONGPORT...CORBIN CITY...BRICKSBORO AND MAYS
LANDING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3932 7450 3930 7459 3933 7468 3929 7465
3928 7461 3929 7460 3929 7455 3928 7456
3926 7460 3912 7471 3931 7501 3930 7501
3935 7507 3954 7492 3937 7441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 302DEG 29KT 3940 7487
$$
NIERENBERG2 follow-up statements
367
WWUS51 KPHI 161953
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
353 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
NJC011-162002-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-150616T2030Z/
CUMBERLAND NJ-
353 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3932 7450 3930 7459 3933 7468 3929 7465
3928 7461 3929 7460 3929 7455 3928 7456
3926 7460 3912 7471 3924 7489 3933 7483
3937 7478 3946 7467 3937 7441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 302DEG 29KT 3929 7464
$$
NJC001-009-162030-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-150616T2030Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
353 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC AND NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTIES...
AT 352 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER BEESLEYS POINT...OR OVER OCEAN CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATLANTIC CITY...OCEAN CITY...PLEASANTVILLE...SOMERS POINT...VENTNOR
CITY...NORTHFIELD...ABSECON...MARGATE CITY...WOODBINE...SEA ISLE
CITY...ESTELL MANOR...LONGPORT...CORBIN CITY...ENGLISH CREEK...
BELLEPLAIN FOREST...MARMORA...SEAVILLE...BEESLEYS POINT...STRATHMERE
AND LINWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3932 7450 3930 7459 3933 7468 3929 7465
3928 7461 3929 7460 3929 7455 3928 7456
3926 7460 3912 7471 3924 7489 3933 7483
3937 7478 3946 7467 3937 7441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 302DEG 29KT 3929 7464
$$398
WWUS51 KPHI 162011
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
411 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
NJC001-009-162020-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-150616T2030Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
411 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC AND
NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3932 7450 3930 7459 3933 7468 3929 7465
3928 7461 3929 7460 3929 7455 3928 7456
3926 7460 3912 7471 3924 7489 3933 7483
3937 7478 3946 7467 3937 7441
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 302DEG 29KT 3921 7447
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:13 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 4 hr | |
| Jun 16, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 94 min |
| Jun 16, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 92 min |
| Jun 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 32 min | |
| Jun 16, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jun 16, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Passaic | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 52 min |
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.