Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 6:05 PM EST for Kent County, Delaware; 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:05 PM EST (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kent County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Bridgeton, NJ | TREES AND WIRES BLOWN DOWN |
| Feb 24, 6:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Vineland, NJ | TREE INTO A PRESCHOOL ON STEWART STREET... WIRES DOWN ON MAYS LANDING AND PANTHER ROAD. |
| Feb 24, 6:48 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Bridgeton, NJ | TREES AND WIRES BLOWN DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 495 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 559 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
976
WUUS51 KPHI 242305
SVRPHI
DEC001-NJC001-009-011-015-033-242345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0007.160224T2305Z-160224T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
605 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EST
* AT 605 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR FORTESQUE...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGETON...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 75 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINELAND...MILLVILLE...BRIDGETON...CUMBERLAND...GLASSBORO...
CLAYTON...BUENA...LAUREL LAKE...WOODSTOWN...ALLOWAY...WEYMOUTH...
ESTELL MANOR...NEWFIELD...ELMER...GREENWICH...SHILOH...CORBIN
CITY...MALAGA...FAIRTON AND BRICKSBORO.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
LAT...LON 3918 7494 3919 7503 3922 7503 3921 7510
3918 7515 3924 7517 3927 7524 3930 7526
3921 7539 3918 7540 3920 7545 3928 7543
3928 7542 3934 7536 3937 7540 3977 7528
3944 7462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 202DEG 65KT 3921 7523
$$
PO2 follow-up statements
280
WWUS51 KPHI 242328
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
628 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
DEC001-NJC009-242337-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160224T2345Z/
KENT DE-CAPE MAY NJ-
628 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KENT AND
NORTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
BYPASSED THE COUNTY THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3929 7500 3934 7506 3939 7514 3943 7534
3977 7528 3953 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 202DEG 65KT 3958 7503
$$
NJC001-011-015-033-242345-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160224T2345Z/
GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
628 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER...WEST CENTRAL ATLANTIC...EAST CENTRAL
SALEM AND NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 627 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER MALAGA...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF VINELAND...MOVING NORTH AT
75 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINELAND...MILLVILLE...BRIDGETON...CUMBERLAND...GLASSBORO...
CLAYTON...BUENA...LAUREL LAKE...NEWFIELD...ELMER...SHILOH...MALAGA...
OLIVET...SEABROOK FARMS...SOUTH VINELAND...FRANKLINVILLE...MULLICA
HILL...ROSENHAYN...PORT ELIZABETH AND CENTERTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE 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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY.
LAT...LON 3929 7500 3934 7506 3939 7514 3943 7534
3977 7528 3953 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 202DEG 65KT 3958 7503
$$
MWG540
WWUS51 KPHI 242345
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
645 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NJC001-011-015-033-242355-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160224T2345Z/
GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
645 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER...WEST
CENTRAL ATLANTIC...EAST CENTRAL SALEM AND NORTHERN CUMBERLAND
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3929 7500 3934 7506 3939 7514 3943 7534
3977 7528 3953 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 202DEG 65KT 3958 7503
$$
MWGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:19 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 22 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:56 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 20 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 3:11 AM EST | Gale Watch | PHI | 23 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:11 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 57 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:11 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 9 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:11 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 13 hr | |
| Feb 24, 5:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 6:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 6:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.