Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 20175 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2017, 5:35 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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 1, 2017, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2017, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 5:39 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGAbington, PASEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN ABINGTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 1, 6:08 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W White Horse, NJLARGE TREE FELL ON LAKE AVE. TREE DAMAGED TWO CARS AND JET SKIS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

581 
WUUS51 KPHI 012135
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-015-021-033-PAC017-045-091-101-012215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0078.170701T2135Z-170701T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
535 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Salem County in southern New Jersey...
  Camden County in southern New Jersey...
  Southwestern Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  Gloucester County in southern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Philadelphia County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Eastern Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 615 PM EDT

* At 535 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Doylestown to near Gibbstown, moving east at 20
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden, Gloucester City, Cherry Hill,
  Bensalem, Evesham, Mount Laurel, Ewing, Chester, Willingboro,
  Deptford, Voorhees, West Deptford, Glassboro, Lindenwold,
  Lumberton, Florence, Bellmawr and Yeadon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3965 7495 3974 7547 3977 7545 3979 7541
      3981 7543 4035 7517 4028 7461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 267DEG 18KT 4029 7508 3981 7533 

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

SFJ
2 follow-up statements
520 
WWUS51 KPHI 012157
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
557 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2017

NJC033-012207-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-170701T2215Z/
Salem NJ-
557 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
southern and central New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 3965 7495 3978 7539 4033 7501 4028 7461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 273DEG 23KT 4025 7485 3982 7520 

$$

NJC005-007-015-021-PAC017-045-091-101-012215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-170701T2215Z/
Camden NJ-Mercer NJ-Gloucester NJ-Burlington NJ-Montgomery PA-
Bucks PA-Philadelphia PA-Delaware PA-
557 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR CAMDEN...SOUTHWESTERN MERCER...NORTHERN GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN
BURLINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS...
PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...

At 557 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Yardley to West Deptford, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden, Gloucester City, Cherry Hill,
Bensalem, Evesham, Mount Laurel, Ewing, Willingboro, Deptford,
Voorhees, West Deptford, Glassboro, Lindenwold, Lumberton, Florence,
Bellmawr, Yeadon and Woodbury.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3965 7495 3978 7539 4033 7501 4028 7461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 273DEG 23KT 4025 7485 3982 7520 

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

SFJ
504 
WWUS51 KPHI 012208
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
608 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2017

NJC005-007-015-021-PAC017-045-091-101-012217-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-170701T2215Z/
Camden NJ-Mercer NJ-Gloucester NJ-Burlington NJ-Montgomery PA-
Bucks PA-Philadelphia PA-Delaware PA-
608 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAMDEN...SOUTHWESTERN
MERCER...NORTHERN GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS...PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHEASTERN
DELAWARE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
southern and central New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 3965 7495 3978 7539 4033 7501 4028 7461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 270DEG 18KT 4025 7479 3982 7514 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex42 min
Jun 30, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex20 min
Jun 30, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex28 min
Jul 1, 9:48 AM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryPHI5 hr
Jul 1, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren51 min
Jul 1, 5:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren4 hr
Jul 1, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem44 min
Jul 1, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren52 min
Jul 1, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Jul 1, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex31 min
Jul 1, 5:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester4 hr
Jul 1, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem34 min
Jul 1, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more40 min
Jul 1, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer23 min
Jul 1, 6:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Jul 1, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris23 min
Jul 1, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester27 min
Jul 1, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Jul 1, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean29 min
Jun 30, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery51 min
Jun 30, 8:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery118 min
Jun 30, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks43 min
Jul 1, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks52 min
Jul 1, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon23 min
Jul 1, 3:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh3 hr
Jul 1, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton49 min
Jul 1, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester40 min
Jul 1, 4:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh4 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.