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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 14, 20174 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2017, 3:18 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2017, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2017, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

961 
WUUS51 KPHI 141918
SVRPHI
DEC003-MDC015-NJC015-033-PAC029-045-141930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0094.170714T1918Z-170714T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
318 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2017

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  New Castle County in northern Delaware...
  Cecil County in northeastern Maryland...
  Salem County in southern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Gloucester County in southern New Jersey...
  South central Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Southwestern Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 330 PM EDT

* At 316 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Elam to near Newark to Woodlawn, moving southeast at
  30 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to 
           trees and power lines. 

* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
  Wilmington, Arden, Bear, Glasgow, Chelsea, Elam, Talleyville, 
  Concordville, Stanton and Greenville around 320 PM EDT. 
  Newport around 325 PM EDT. 
  Chester, New Castle, Penns Grove, Swedesboro, Delaware City, 
  Beckett, Saint Georges, Chester Township, Wilmington Manor and 
  Cherry Hill around 330 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Perryville, Chesapeake City, Edgemoor, Marcus Hook, Boothwyn,
Trainer, Chester Heights, Village Green-Green Ridge, Bellefonte and
Upland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7582 3992 7553 3976 7504 3947 7539
      3948 7600 3952 7598 3955 7603 3955 7608
      3963 7615 3965 7616 3969 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 296DEG 25KT 3984 7551 3965 7573 3965 7606 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Robertson

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	36 min
Jul 13, 8:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	31 min
Jul 13, 10:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	27 min
Jul 13, 10:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, Sussex	4 hr
Jul 13, 10:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	51 min
Jul 14, 9:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	28 min
Jul 14, 11:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	Kent, New Castle	11 hr
Jul 14, 12:06 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	PHI	Kent, Sussex	7 hr
Jul 14, 2:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	New Castle	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	New Castle	59 min
Jul 14, 2:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	New Castle	67 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	New Castle	4 hr
Jul 14, 3:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, New Castle	66 min
Jul 14, 5:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	36 min
Jul 14, 5:30 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	7 hr
Jul 14, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent	65 min
Jul 14, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	39 min
Jul 14, 6:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Kent	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	40 min
Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	4 hr
Jul 14, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	42 min
Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	60 min
Jul 13, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden	43 min
Jul 13, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cape May	34 min
Jul 13, 8:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more	4 hr
Jul 13, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland	26 min
Jul 13, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	54 min
Jul 13, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	53 min
Jul 13, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	14 min
Jul 13, 9:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		115 min
Jul 13, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cape May	33 min
Jul 13, 10:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		93 min
Jul 14, 7:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		53 min
Jul 14, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester	55 min
Jul 14, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	47 min
Jul 14, 3:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May	63 min
Jul 14, 4:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
Jul 14, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		95 min
Jul 14, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	61 min
Jul 14, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		66 min
Jul 14, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cape May	13 min
Jul 14, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		52 min
Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		88 min
Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		97 min
Jul 14, 7:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	3 hr
Jul 14, 9:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil	37 min
Jul 14, 2:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Cecil	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Cecil	2 hr
Jul 14, 3:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Talbot	53 min
Jul 14, 3:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Cecil, Kent	2 hr
Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Caroline	45 min
Jul 14, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	40 min
Jul 14, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Queen Anne's	27 min
Jul 14, 4:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Queen Anne's	4 hr
Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Queen Anne's	63 min
Jul 14, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Talbot	51 min
Jul 14, 5:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Talbot	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton	4 hr
Jul 14, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	62 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.