Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2015, 5:58 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 20 min. 12 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, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 6:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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, 5:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Deptford Twp, NJ | CAR OVERTURNED IN PARKING LOT OF DEPTFORD MALL |
| Jun 23, 5:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mantua, NJ | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 6:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Blackwood, NJ | 50 FOOT PINE TREE SNAPPED IN HALF 6 TO 8 FEET FROM GROUND LEVEL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 23, 6:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cherry Hill, NJ | WIRES DOWN ON EAST VALLEYBROOK ROAD |
| Jun 23, 6:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Grenloch, NJ | 40 FOOT 100 YEAR OLD TREE PULLED UP FROM ITS ROOTS... TELEPHONE POLE SNAPPED IN HALF AND TRANSFORMER EXPLODED. WIRES DOWN ON THE GROUND. LOCATION IS ON WOODBURY TURNERSVILLE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 23, 6:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clementon, NJ | TREES REPORTED DOWN IN CLEMENTON. |
| Jun 23, 6:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marlton, NJ | WIRES DOWN AND ON FIRE |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | West Berlin, NJ | POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lindenwold, NJ | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marlton, NJ | TREES SNAPPED IN MARLTON IN NEIGHBORHOODS BEHIND DEMASI SCHOOL. SIDING RIPPED OFF SOME HOMES... AND SHEDS AND FENCES DESTROYED. |
| Jun 23, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lakeland, NJ | TRESS DOWN NEAR THE FIRE ACADEMY |
| Jun 23, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Woodbury Heights, NJ | TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.
532
WFUS51 KPHI 232158
TORPHI
NJC005-007-015-232230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0004.150623T2158Z-150623T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
558 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTH CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 557 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER PAULSBORO...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLOUCESTER CITY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER CITY...CHERRY HILL...EVESHAM...MOUNT LAUREL...
DEPTFORD...VOORHEES...WEST DEPTFORD...LINDENWOLD...BELLMAWR...
WOODBURY...BERLIN...PAULSBORO...MAGNOLIA...WESTVILLE...WOODBURY
HEIGHTS...NATIONAL PARK...BROOKLAWN...AUDUBON PARK AND
ERLTON-ELLISBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3977 7485 3979 7528 3985 7529 3986 7524
3988 7519 3988 7515 3990 7513 3997 7490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 261DEG 43KT 3983 7525
$$
TFG1 follow-up statement
966
WWUS51 KPHI 232218
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
618 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
NJC005-007-015-232228-
/O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150623T2230Z/
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
618 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...NORTH CENTRAL
GLOUCESTER AND WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3977 7485 3979 7528 3985 7529 3986 7524
3988 7519 3988 7515 3990 7513 3997 7490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 261DEG 43KT 3987 7492
$$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, 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 | |
| Jun 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 47 min |
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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.