Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2015, 7:58 PM EDT for Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 23, 2015, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
466
WUUS51 KPHI 232358
SVRPHI
NJC009-011-240045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0066.150623T2358Z-150624T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
758 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 757 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF GREEN CREEK...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CAPE MAY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OCEAN CITY...CAPE MAY...NORTH WILDWOOD...WILDWOOD CREST...
WOODBINE...SEA ISLE CITY...AVALON...WEST CAPE MAY...STONE HARBOR...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...SCOTCH BONNET...MARMORA...NORTH CAPE MAY...
RIO GRANDE...GOSHEN...DIAMOND BEACH...ELDORA...GREEN CREEK...
BELLEPLAIN FOREST AND SEAVILLE.
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.
STORMS HAVE HAD 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 3920 7466 3899 7479 3894 7486 3893 7497
3896 7496 3897 7494 3897 7496 3916 7489
3918 7491 3920 7503 3931 7497 3928 7462
3926 7462 3928 7461 3928 7458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 294DEG 41KT 3907 7504
$$1 follow-up statement
447
WWUS51 KPHI 240041
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
841 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
NJC009-011-240050-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-150624T0045Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
841 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAPE MAY AND SOUTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS ABOUT TO
MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTIES. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3920 7466 3899 7479 3894 7486 3893 7497
3896 7496 3897 7494 3897 7496 3916 7489
3918 7491 3920 7503 3931 7497 3928 7462
3926 7462 3928 7461 3928 7458
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 294DEG 41KT 3907 7504
$$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, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more | 77 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.