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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 2016Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2016, 3:40 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 24 min. 7 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: Jun 21, 2016, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2016, 4:04 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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
Jun 21, 3:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Green Creek, NJ	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN GREEN CREEK AND IN SHADY LANE
Jun 21, 3:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Villas, NJ	HOUSE WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Green Creek, NJ	LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Villas, NJ	TWO POWER POLES SNAPPED IN HALF ON THE EAST DELAWARE PARKWAY...AND ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE NEAR PACIFIC AVE
Jun 21, 3:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Whitesboro, NJ	TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN WHITESBORO
Jun 21, 4:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lower Twp, NJ	POWER OUTAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...POWER OUT IS MIDDLE TWP AS WELL...
Jun 21, 4:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rio Grande, NJ	SOUTHBOUND ROUTE 9 AT ROUTE 47 TREE DOWN IMPACTING TRAFFIC

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
Jun 21, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 1292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1267 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

500 
WFUS51 KPHI 211940
TORPHI
NJC009-212015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0002.160621T1940Z-160621T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
    
* AT 339 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GREEN CREEK...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF CAPE
  MAY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STONE HARBOR AROUND 345 PM EDT. 
  AVALON AROUND 350 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WHITESBORO-BURLEIGH...ERMA...WEST WILDWOOD AND VILLAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 7495 3911 7494 3914 7493 3914 7466
      3894 7483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 273DEG 37KT 3905 7486 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ROBERTSON

1 follow-up statement

064 
WWUS51 KPHI 212004
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
404 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

NJC009-212013-
/O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160621T2015Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-
404 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3896 7495 3911 7494 3914 7493 3914 7466
      3894 7483
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 273DEG 37KT 3904 7453 

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 3:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	83 min
Jun 21, 3:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	47 min
Jun 21, 4:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon	63 min
Jun 21, 6:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	59 min
Jun 21, 6:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	46 min
Jun 21, 6:48 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		9 hr
Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland	58 min
Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		55 min
Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	54 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Ocean	35 min
Jun 21, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		62 min
Jun 21, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		85 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	54 min
Jun 21, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		89 min
Jun 21, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		83 min
Jun 21, 3:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	PHI		17 hr
Jun 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	39 min
Jun 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Jun 21, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		87 min
Jun 21, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	30 min
Jun 21, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	46 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	51 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer	40 min
Jun 21, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		48 min
Jun 21, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth	4 hr
Jun 21, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May	39 min
Jun 21, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		63 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.