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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 26, 2016Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 3:44 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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: Apr 26, 2016, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Burlington County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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
Apr 26, 3:48 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	1 Ese Lumberton, NJ

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
Apr 26, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

859 
WUUS51 KPHI 261944
SVRPHI
NJC005-262015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0031.160426T1944Z-160426T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
344 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 344 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LUMBERTON...OR
  15 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 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...
  MOUNT LAUREL...MEDFORD...LUMBERTON...MOUNT HOLLY...TABERNACLE...SHAMONG...
  PRESIDENTIAL LAKES ESTATES...PEMBERTON...CHATSWORTH...JACKSONVILLE...
  WHARTON STATE FOREST...PENN STATE FOREST...LEISURETOWNE...RAMBLEWOOD...
  MEDFORD LAKES...PEMBERTON HEIGHTS...NWS OFFICE AND MOORESTOWN-LENOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3995 7495 4008 7478 3978 7440 3963 7459
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 316DEG 38KT 3995 7482 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MWG

2 follow-up statements

808 
WWUS51 KPHI 262001
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
401 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

NJC005-262015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160426T2015Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-
401 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY...

AT 400 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRESIDENTIAL
LAKES...OR 23 MILES WEST OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHATSWORTH AROUND 410 PM EDT. 
  PENN STATE FOREST AROUND 415 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PEMBERTON HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3992 7484 4003 7472 3978 7440 3968 7453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 306DEG 45KT 3988 7462 

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

MWG

060 
WWUS51 KPHI 262013
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
413 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

NJC005-262023-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160426T2015Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-
413 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MOUNT HOLLY NJ .

LAT...LON 3992 7484 4003 7472 3978 7440 3968 7453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 316DEG 38KT 3988 7462 

$$

MWG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 12:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester, Salem	41 min
Apr 26, 12:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean	66 min
Apr 26, 12:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	49 min
Apr 26, 1:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean	42 min
Apr 26, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	47 min
Apr 26, 2:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	41 min
Apr 26, 2:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Warren	35 min
Apr 26, 2:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset	60 min
Apr 26, 3:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris, Somerset	45 min
Apr 26, 3:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	43 min
Apr 26, 3:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		58 min
Apr 26, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden	24 min
Apr 26, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	23 min
Apr 26, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Ocean	26 min
Apr 26, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		35 min
Apr 26, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	33 min
Apr 26, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean	28 min
Apr 26, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	38 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.