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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2016Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 4:10 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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 8, 2016, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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 8, 4:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Egg Harbor City, NJ	TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 8, 4:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cologne, NJ	LARGE 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 nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

388 
WUUS51 KPHI 082010
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-082100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0084.160708T2010Z-160708T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
410 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 410 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHARTON STATE FOREST TO NEAR ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA...
  MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAMMONTON...EGG HARBOR CITY...WEYMOUTH...PORT REPUBLIC...
  WADING RIVER...WHARTON STATE FOREST...ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA...
  BATSTO AND FOLSOM.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3950 7452 3947 7473 3957 7484 3964 7480
      3971 7470 3977 7459 3967 7440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 315DEG 9KT 3970 7458 3958 7467 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRK

3 follow-up statements

459 
WWUS51 KPHI 082035
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
435 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

NJC001-005-082100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160708T2100Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
435 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 434 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EGG HARBOR
CITY...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMMONTON...EGG HARBOR CITY...WEYMOUTH...PORT REPUBLIC...
WADING RIVER...ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA...BATSTO AND FOLSOM.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3950 7452 3947 7472 3947 7473 3949 7475
      3957 7484 3964 7480 3970 7472 3969 7468
      3961 7444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 334DEG 7KT 3957 7464 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRK

401 
WWUS51 KPHI 082045
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
445 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

NJC005-082054-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160708T2100Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-
445 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3961 7471 3960 7463 3953 7450 3950 7452
      3947 7472 3947 7473 3949 7475 3953 7480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 345DEG 8KT 3954 7464 

$$

NJC001-082100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160708T2100Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-
445 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY...

AT 444 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EGG HARBOR
CITY...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EGG HARBOR CITY...WEYMOUTH...PORT REPUBLIC AND ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

DIME-SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3961 7471 3960 7463 3953 7450 3950 7452
      3947 7472 3947 7473 3949 7475 3953 7480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 345DEG 8KT 3954 7464 

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

JRK

823 
WWUS51 KPHI 082100
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
500 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

NJC001-082109-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160708T2100Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-
500 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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 3961 7471 3960 7463 3953 7450 3950 7452
      3947 7472 3947 7473 3949 7475 3953 7480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 315DEG 9KT 3954 7464 

$$

JRK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Salem, Warren	3 hr
Jul 8, 2:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden	4 hr
Jul 8, 2:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris	4 hr
Jul 8, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	37 min
Jul 8, 3:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jul 8, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington	35 min
Jul 8, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden	43 min
Jul 8, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	33 min
Jul 8, 3:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Warren	4 hr
Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Somerset	45 min
Jul 8, 4:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington	4 hr
Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren	4 hr
Jul 8, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren	46 min
Jul 8, 4:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren	4 hr
Jul 8, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	46 min
Jul 8, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset	48 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset	4 hr
Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	50 min
Jul 8, 5:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic	4 hr
Jul 8, 5:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth	4 hr
Jul 8, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	36 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden	23 min
Jul 8, 6:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden	4 hr
Jul 8, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	31 min
Jul 8, 7:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden	4 hr
Jul 8, 7:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden	4 hr

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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.