Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 5:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 min. 13 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
- Jul 23, 2016, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 5:29 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Audubon, NJ | |
| Jul 23, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cherry Hill, NJ | TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 23, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Glendora, NJ | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE GLENDORA AND RUNNEMEDE AREAS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 23, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Magnolia, NJ | A LARGE TREE COMPLETELY TOPPLED OVER ONTO TWO CARS ON THE 400 BLOCK OF LINCOLN AVENUE. A WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THE CARS AND HAD TO BE RESCUED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 23, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Haddon Heights, NJ | NICKEL SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 23, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Westmont, NJ | QUARTER SIZE HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 23, 5:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Barrington, NJ | SOME TREES DOWN. SOME LARGE TREE LIMBS FELL ONTO A HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 23, 5:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Barrington, NJ | TREES DOWN ON CARS AT INTERSECTION OF BARR DRIVE AND CLEMENTS DRIVE |
| Jul 23, 5:33 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Haddonfield, NJ | |
| Jul 23, 5:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lawnside, NJ | POWER POLE SNAPPED IN HALF. |
| Jul 23, 5:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Somerdale, NJ | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON BURBANK DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 23, 5:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Lawnside, NJ | |
| Jul 23, 5:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Voorhees, NJ | DOWNED WIRES ON BURNT MILL ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
310
WUUS51 KPHI 232124
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-007-015-PAC101-232215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0125.160723T2124Z-160723T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
524 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTH CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 523 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER AUDUBON
PARK... OR OVER CAMDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PHILADELPHIA...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER CITY...CHERRY HILL...EVESHAM...
MOUNT LAUREL...VOORHEES...LINDENWOLD...HAMMONTON...BELLMAWR...
WOODBURY...BERLIN...PALMYRA...SHAMONG...MAGNOLIA...WESTVILLE...
NATIONAL PARK...BROOKLAWN...CHESILHURST AND AUDUBON PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 7523 4003 7508 3978 7460 3958 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 308DEG 28KT 3991 7508
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LF1 follow-up statement
854
WWUS51 KPHI 232149
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
549 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
NJC015-PAC101-232158-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-160723T2215Z/
GLOUCESTER NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
549 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER AND
SOUTH CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER
ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER PHILADELPHIA.
LAT...LON 3958 7481 3966 7491 3968 7491 3970 7494
3970 7496 3978 7505 3991 7486 3978 7460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 307DEG 36KT 3975 7482
$$
NJC001-005-007-232215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-160723T2215Z/
CAMDEN NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
549 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CAMDEN...NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC AND CENTRAL BURLINGTON
COUNTIES...
AT 548 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHESILHURST...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLOUCESTER CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVESHAM...LINDENWOLD...HAMMONTON...BERLIN...SHAMONG...CHESILHURST...
SICKLERVILLE...MARLTON LAKES...ATSION...ATCO...PINE HILL...
CLEMENTON...MEDFORD LAKES...GIBBSBORO...FOLSOM AND PINE VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3958 7481 3966 7491 3968 7491 3970 7494
3970 7496 3978 7505 3991 7486 3978 7460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 307DEG 36KT 3975 7482
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 7 more | 50 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Jul 23, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 82 min | |
| Jul 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 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.