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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 25, 2016Burlington County, Camden County, Ocean County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2016, 6:43 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, Ocean County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min. 6 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 25, 2016, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 25, 6:43 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Willingboro, NJ	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND THE GARFIELD PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
Jul 25, 6:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Delran Twp, NJ	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 25, 6:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Burlington Twp, NJ	LARGE TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING INTERSECTION OF RANCOCAS AND WOODLANE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 25, 7:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Willingboro, NJ
Jul 25, 7:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	Mount Holly Wfo, NJ
Jul 25, 7:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Moorestown, NJ	LARGE TREE AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Jul 25, 12:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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: 136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

568 
WUUS51 KPHI 252243
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-029-PAC017-091-101-252345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0146.160725T2243Z-160725T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
643 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 641 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  ANDALUSIA...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. FREQUENT
           CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RIVERSIDE AND BEVERLY AROUND 645 PM EDT.
  WILLINGBORO...BURLINGTON...BRISTOL AND RAMBLEWOOD AROUND 650 PM
  EDT. MOUNT LAUREL...FLORENCE...TULLYTOWN AND FLORENCE-ROEBLING
  AROUND 655 PM EDT. LUMBERTON...MOUNT HOLLY AND JACKSONVILLE AROUND
  700 PM EDT. MEDFORD AND COLUMBUS AROUND 705 PM EDT.
  PEMBERTON...JOBSTOWN...LEISURETOWNE AND GEORGETOWN AROUND 710 PM
  EDT. WRIGHTSTOWN AROUND 715 PM EDT. BROWNS MILLS AROUND 720 PM
  EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ORELAND... LAWNSIDE...BARRINGTON...EDGEWATER
PARK...DELANCO...CORNWELLS HEIGHTS-
EDDINGTON...SOMERDALE...COLLINGSWOOD...FORT DIX AND WOODLYNNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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 3963 7460 3966 7466 3969 7467 3973 7473
      3970 7477 3987 7513 3989 7514 3992 7525
      3996 7525 4000 7530 4026 7503 4020 7477
      4015 7472 4019 7470 4014 7459 4008 7455
      4014 7446 4010 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 293DEG 29KT 4007 7497 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MEOLA

2 follow-up statements

022 
WWUS51 KPHI 252307
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
707 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

NJC005-007-029-PAC017-091-101-252345-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-160725T2345Z/
CAMDEN NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-BUCKS PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
PHILADELPHIA PA-
707 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CAMDEN...NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...BURLINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN
BUCKS...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

AT 705 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LUMBERTON...OR
18 MILES SOUTH OF TRENTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 700 PM 1.50 INCH HAIL
         WAS REPORTED IN WILLINGBORO BURLINGTON COUNTY NEW JERSEY. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PEMBERTON AND LEISURETOWNE AROUND 710 PM EDT. 
  TABERNACLE AND WRIGHTSTOWN AROUND 715 PM EDT. 
  PRESIDENTIAL LAKES ESTATES AND BROWNS MILLS AROUND 720 PM EDT. 
  PRESIDENTIAL LAKES AROUND 725 PM EDT. 
  CHATSWORTH AROUND 730 PM EDT. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND BACK ACROSS PHILADELPHIA COUNTY INTO
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ORELAND... LAWNSIDE...BARRINGTON...EDGEWATER
PARK...DELANCO...CORNWELLS HEIGHTS-
EDDINGTON...SOMERDALE...COLLINGSWOOD...FORT DIX AND WOODLYNNE.

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 3963 7460 3966 7466 3969 7467 3973 7473
      3970 7477 3987 7513 3989 7514 3992 7525
      3996 7525 4000 7530 4026 7503 4020 7477
      4015 7472 4019 7470 4014 7459 4008 7455
      4014 7446 4010 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 301DEG 30KT 3996 7475 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GORSE

342 
WWUS51 KPHI 252334
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
734 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

NJC029-PAC017-091-101-252341-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-160725T2345Z/
OCEAN NJ-BUCKS PA-MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-
734 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...
SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

LAT...LON 3963 7460 3966 7466 3969 7467 3973 7473
      3970 7477 3987 7513 3989 7514 4000 7505
      3987 7444 3986 7444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 293DEG 29KT 3988 7449 

$$

NJC005-007-252345-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-160725T2345Z/
CAMDEN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
734 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CAMDEN AND CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 731 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD
HALFWAY...OR 17 MILES WEST OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. FREQUENT CLOUD
         TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
         RAINFALL.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL CAMDEN AND CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: LAUREL
SPRINGS...OAKLYN...LAWNSIDE...CLEMENTON...
BARRINGTON...PENNSAUKEN...MEDFORD LAKES...RUNNEMEDE...SOMERDALE AND
STRATFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO 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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3963 7460 3966 7466 3969 7467 3973 7473
      3970 7477 3987 7513 3989 7514 4000 7505
      3987 7444 3986 7444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 293DEG 29KT 3988 7449 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MEOLA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 4:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Mercer	59 min
Jul 25, 4:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	51 min
Jul 25, 5:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	63 min
Jul 25, 6:17 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		88 min
Jul 25, 7:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Jul 25, 7:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	61 min
Jul 25, 8:04 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		56 min
Jul 25, 9:00 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		60 min
Jul 25, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Warren	53 min
Jul 25, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren	56 min
Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset	38 min
Jul 25, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	41 min
Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset	45 min
Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	46 min
Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	48 min
Jul 25, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth	47 min
Jul 25, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	44 min
Jul 25, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		56 min
Jul 25, 6:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset	4 hr
Jul 25, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset	40 min
Jul 25, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		66 min
Jul 25, 6:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington	2 hr
Jul 25, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Ocean	63 min
Jul 25, 7:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	4 hr
Jul 25, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	37 min
Jul 25, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean	44 min
Jul 25, 3:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Montgomery	39 min
Jul 25, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	50 min
Jul 25, 4:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	41 min
Jul 25, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	45 min
Jul 25, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	30 min
Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton	56 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.