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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 9, 2015Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2015, 8:53 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 9, 2015, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
37 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 Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2015-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 809 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 2015-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
809 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

040 
WUUS51 KPHI 100053
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-011-100130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0099.150710T0053Z-150710T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
853 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 851 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
  CUMBERLAND TO NEAR MILTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VINELAND...MILLVILLE...CUMBERLAND...LAUREL LAKE...WOODBINE...ESTELL
  MANOR...AVALON...CORBIN CITY...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...SCOTCH
  BONNET...FAIRTON...BRICKSBORO...NEWPORT...PORT ELIZABETH...
  CEDARVILLE...GOSHEN...ENGLISH CREEK...ELDORA...BIVALVE AND
  BELLEPLAIN FOREST.

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.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES
AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3932 7466 3933 7468 3930 7466 3910 7473
      3911 7475 3908 7474 3905 7478 3907 7480
      3905 7492 3917 7490 3919 7503 3922 7503
      3918 7515 3924 7517 3930 7525 3929 7530
      3938 7529 3940 7463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 267DEG 61KT 3940 7491 3877 7537 

$$

GORSE/FRANCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jul 9, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more71 min
Jul 9, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth47 min
Jul 9, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 9, 8:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden4 hr
Jul 9, 8:55 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington20 min
Jul 9, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May41 min
Jul 9, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 9, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 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.