Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2016, 6:31 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 min. 5 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 9, 2016, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 9, 6:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bridgeton, NJ | 25 SOFTWOOD PINE TREES DOWNED...SOME SHEARED OFF AT 10 TO 12 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...ON WEST PARK DRIVE IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE 49. |
| Jul 9, 6:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hopewell Twp, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN GREENWICH AND HOPEWELL TWPS |
| Jul 9, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bridgeton, NJ | SEVERAL DOWNED TREES IN BRIDGETON |
| Jul 9, 6:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fairfield Twp, NJ | DOWNED TREES AND WIRES |
| Jul 9, 6:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fairton, NJ | NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES REPORTED IN FAIRTON |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted.
342
WUUS51 KPHI 092231
SVRPHI
NJC001-011-033-092315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0089.160709T2231Z-160709T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
631 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 630 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHILOH...OR
NEAR BRIDGETON...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
VINELAND...MILLVILLE...BRIDGETON...CUMBERLAND...BUENA...
LAUREL LAKE...ALLOWAY...ESTELL MANOR...GREENWICH...SHILOH...
FAIRTON...BRICKSBORO...SEABROOK FARMS...NEWPORT...PORT ELIZABETH...
CEDARVILLE...ROSENHAYN...FORTESQUE...NEWPORT MEADOWS AND BIVALVE.
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 ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3917 7501 3919 7509 3916 7514 3944 7552
3956 7537 3957 7523 3953 7501 3951 7499
3953 7497 3949 7474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 291DEG 23KT 3947 7534
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRK2 follow-up statements
194
WWUS51 KPHI 092252
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
652 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016
NJC001-033-092301-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160709T2315Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-
652 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC AND
SOUTHERN SALEM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3917 7501 3919 7509 3916 7514 3941 7548
3942 7545 3939 7542 3944 7542 3953 7522
3952 7518 3946 7508 3950 7508 3948 7493
3942 7486 3937 7485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 292DEG 23KT 3941 7517
$$
NJC011-092315-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160709T2315Z/
CUMBERLAND NJ-
652 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 651 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FAIRTON...OR
NEAR BRIDGETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINELAND...MILLVILLE...BRIDGETON...CUMBERLAND...LAUREL
LAKE...GREENWICH...
SHILOH...FORTESQUE...FAIRTON...BRICKSBORO...NEWPORT
MEADOWS...BIVALVE...
SEABROOK FARMS...PORT NORRIS...MAURICETOWN...NEWPORT...SOUTH
VINELAND...
LEESBURG...PORT ELIZABETH AND CEDARVILLE.
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 3917 7501 3919 7509 3916 7514 3941 7548
3942 7545 3939 7542 3944 7542 3953 7522
3952 7518 3946 7508 3950 7508 3948 7493
3942 7486 3937 7485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 292DEG 23KT 3941 7517
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRK328
WWUS51 KPHI 092309
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
709 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016
NJC011-092315-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160709T2315Z/
CUMBERLAND NJ-
709 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 709 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAUREL
LAKE...OR NEAR MILLVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLVILLE...LAUREL LAKE...PORT
NORRIS...MAURICETOWN...NEWPORT...LEESBURG...
PORT ELIZABETH...BRICKSBORO...BIVALVE AND DIVIDING CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3917 7501 3919 7507 3930 7520 3938 7510
3935 7487
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 298DEG 25KT 3932 7503
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| Jul 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Jul 9, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Jul 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 57 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.