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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 23, 20158 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2015, 6:13 PM EDT for 8 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 77 min. 33 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 23, 2015, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 77 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 23, 6:13 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Atco, NJ	TREE DOWN
Jun 23, 6:13 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Atco, NJ	TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE.
Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	West Berlin, NJ	POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD
Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mount Laurel, NJ	TREES DOWN ON UNION MILL TERRACE IN MOUNT LAUREL
Jun 23, 6:16 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hammonton, NJ	TREES DOWN
Jun 23, 6:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Medford, NJ
Jun 23, 6:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bridgeton, NJ	TREES AND BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN AROUND BRIDGETON.
Jun 23, 6:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	Bridgeton, NJ
Jun 23, 6:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Medford, NJ	* 3 INJ * MULTIPLE LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN MEDFORD AND MEDFORD LAKES WITH THREE PEOPLE INJURED. POWER LINES DOWN. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES AND GAS LINES RUPTURED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 23, 6:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Medford, NJ	MULTIPLE LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MEDFORD AND MEDFORD LAKES. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES AND GAS LINES RUPTURED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 23, 6:23 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Southampton Twp, NJ	TREES REPORTED DOWN IN SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP
Jun 23, 6:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Vincentown, NJ	TREES DOWN
Jun 23, 6:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Tabernacle, NJ	TREE DOWN ON A TRUCK
Jun 23, 6:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 71	Hammonton, NJ
Jun 23, 6:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hammonton, NJ	TREES DOWN IN HAMMONTON.
Jun 23, 6:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mays Landing, NJ	TREES DOWN
Jun 23, 6:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 75	Medford, NJ
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Washington Twp, NJ	TREES REPORTED DOWN IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 69	Mullica Twp, NJ	TIME ESTIMATED
Jun 23, 6:32 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Medford Lakes, NJ	TREES REPORTED DOWN IN MEDFORD LAKES.
Jun 23, 6:33 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Tabernacle, NJ	TRESS REPORTED DOWN IN TABERNACLE
Jun 23, 6:33 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Tabernacle Twp, NJ	ROOF DAMAGE TO THE SENECA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. TIME ESITMATED FROM RADAR
Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 56	Atlantic City Intl Airp, NJ
Jun 23, 6:47 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Tuckerton, NJ	NUMEROUS WIRES AND TREES DOWN.
Jun 23, 6:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Brant Beach, NJ	FRONT WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF ISLAND SURF AND SAIL. SCATTERED DEBRIS INCLUDED PATIO FURNITURE... A SURF BOARD... A SMALL BOAT AND A JET SKI DOCK. POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT WHICH MOVED ON LAND.
Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 71	12 E Elmer, NJ
Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 71	12 E Elmer, NJ
Jun 23, 6:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 68	Harvey Cedars, NJ	TIME ESTIMATED
Jun 23, 6:55 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 72	Little Egg Harbor Twp, NJ
Jun 23, 7:05 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 51	Surf City, NJ
Jun 23, 7:10 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 40	Ocean City, NJ
Jun 23, 7:30 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 45	Tuckerton, NJ
Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 51	Surf City, NJ

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
Jun 23, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

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

392 
WUUS51 KPHI 232213
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-007-009-011-015-029-033-232330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0062.150623T2213Z-150623T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 612 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
  70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
  FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE TO BERLIN TO NEAR NEWPORT MEADOWS...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 70 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF DOWNING TREES 
  AND PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 70 MPH. PLEASE REMAIN INDOORS
  UNTUIL THIS THREAT PASSES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOMS RIVER...VINELAND...ATLANTIC CITY...MILLVILLE...BRIDGETON...
  OCEAN CITY...CUMBERLAND...EVESHAM...MEDFORD...BARNEGAT...
  PLEASANTVILLE...GLASSBORO...LINDENWOLD...HAMMONTON...LUMBERTON...
  FLORENCE...BEACHWOOD...SOMERS POINT...BURLINGTON AND MOUNT HOLLY.

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.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
&&

LAT...LON 3974 7419 3976 7410 3975 7410 3951 7428
      3953 7427 3955 7441 3941 7440 3949 7431
      3942 7434 3933 7468 3929 7455 3913 7477
      3918 7515 3942 7547 3943 7546 3944 7548
      3983 7496 4013 7482 4000 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 289DEG 60KT 4014 7495 3979 7496 3940 7545 

$$

3 follow-up statements

632 
WWUS51 KPHI 232237
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
637 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

NJC001-005-007-009-011-015-029-033-232330-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-150623T2330Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-CAMDEN NJ-SALEM NJ-OCEAN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
637 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR ATLANTIC...SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN...SOUTHEASTERN SALEM...OCEAN...
SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER...BURLINGTON...NORTHERN CAPE MAY AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 635 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FLORENCE
TO NEAR ATSION TO NEAR FAIRTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE, ESPECIALLY IN
BURLINGTON COUNTY. PLEASE TAKE THIS WARNING SERIOUSLY AND REMAIN
INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...VINELAND...ATLANTIC CITY...MILLVILLE...BRIDGETON...OCEAN
CITY...CUMBERLAND...MEDFORD...BARNEGAT...PLEASANTVILLE...HAMMONTON...
LUMBERTON...FLORENCE...BEACHWOOD...SOMERS POINT...BURLINGTON...MOUNT
HOLLY...BRIGANTINE...NORTHFIELD AND ABSECON.

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.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3974 7419 3976 7410 3975 7410 3951 7428
      3953 7427 3955 7441 3941 7440 3949 7431
      3942 7434 3933 7468 3929 7455 3913 7477
      3918 7515 3942 7547 3943 7546 3944 7548
      3975 7494 4013 7482 4000 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 285DEG 38KT 4011 7476 3976 7477 3937 7526 

$$

341 
WWUS51 KPHI 232314
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
714 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

NJC007-011-015-033-232322-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-150623T2330Z/
CAMDEN NJ-SALEM NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
714 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN...
SOUTHEASTERN SALEM...SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3976 7410 3975 7410 3951 7428 3953 7427
      3955 7441 3941 7440 3949 7431 3942 7434
      3933 7468 3929 7455 3913 7477 3914 7486
      3935 7475 3945 7462 3950 7455 3960 7451
      4004 7438 4000 7406 3974 7419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 289DEG 60KT 3992 7404 3957 7405 3918 7454 

$$

NJC001-005-009-029-232330-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-150623T2330Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
714 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC...OCEAN...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND
NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTIES...

AT 712 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
SEASIDE HEIGHTS TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SURF CITY TO 6 MILES EAST OF
STRATHMERE...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

THE KDIX DOPPLER RADAR IS SHOWING 70 MPH WINDS NEAR MANAHAWKIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...ATLANTIC CITY...OCEAN CITY...BARNEGAT...PLEASANTVILLE...
BEACHWOOD...SOMERS POINT...BRIGANTINE...NORTHFIELD...ABSECON...
TUCKERTON...SEASIDE HEIGHTS...LAKEHURST...WOODBINE...ESTELL MANOR...
SURF CITY...PORT REPUBLIC...CORBIN CITY...PLEASANT PLAINS AND HOLIDAY
CITY SOUTH.

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.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3976 7410 3975 7410 3951 7428 3953 7427
      3955 7441 3941 7440 3949 7431 3942 7434
      3933 7468 3929 7455 3913 7477 3914 7486
      3935 7475 3945 7462 3950 7455 3960 7451
      4004 7438 4000 7406 3974 7419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 289DEG 60KT 3992 7404 3957 7405 3918 7454 

$$

287 
WWUS51 KPHI 232326
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
726 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

NJC001-005-009-029-232335-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-150623T2330Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
726 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC...
OCEAN...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE.

LAT...LON 3976 7410 3975 7410 3951 7428 3953 7427
      3955 7441 3941 7440 3949 7431 3942 7434
      3933 7468 3929 7455 3913 7477 3914 7486
      3935 7475 3945 7462 3950 7455 3960 7451
      4004 7438 4000 7406 3974 7419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 289DEG 60KT 3992 7404 3957 7405 3918 7454 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 9:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	35 min
Jun 23, 11:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	32 min
Jun 23, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	46 min
Jun 23, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	52 min
Jun 23, 5:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	4 hr
Jun 23, 5:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	20 min
Jun 23, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	43 min
Jun 23, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	4 hr
Jun 23, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jun 23, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		2 hr
Jun 23, 6:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean	4 hr
Jun 23, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		91 min
Jun 23, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	47 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.