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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 28, 2019Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2019, 7:59 PM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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: May 28, 2019, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2019, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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
May 28, 8:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Hopewell Twp., NJ	EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WEST OF BRIDGETON IN THE AREA OF ROADSTOWN ROAD AND RANDOLPH ROAD.
May 28, 8:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Shiloh, NJ	SEVERAL REPORTS OF ABOUT 10 POWER POLES SNAPPED ALONG ROADSTOWN ROAD BETWEEN RANDOLPH ROAD AND ROADSTOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 28, 8:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Fairton, NJ	A FEW TREES DOWN IN FAIRTON.
May 28, 8:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cedarville, NJ	MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
May 28, 1:48 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

362 
WFUS51 KPHI 282359
TORPHI
NJC011-290030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0014.190528T2359Z-190529T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
759 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Cumberland County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 830 PM EDT.
    
* At 759 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Greenwich, or near Bridgeton, moving southeast at
  35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.

  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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Bridgeton, Greenwich, Shiloh, Newport, Newport Meadows, Fairton,
  Cedarville and Fortesque.

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 3946 7537 3949 7534 3933 7507 3923 7516
      3927 7524 3930 7525 3929 7529 3934 7533
      3934 7534 3936 7539 3939 7542 3941 7540
      3941 7542 3945 7542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 318DEG 32KT 3942 7535 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

Gorse

2 follow-up statements

214 
WWUS51 KPHI 290008
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
808 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

NJC011-290030-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-190529T0030Z/
Cumberland NJ-
808 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
    
At 807 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Greenwich, or near Bridgeton, moving southeast at 35
mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. A wall cloud was reported with 
         this storm.

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.

Locations impacted include...
Bridgeton, Greenwich, Shiloh, Newport, Fairton, Cedarville and
Fortesque.

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 3946 7530 3933 7507 3923 7516 3927 7524
      3930 7525 3929 7529 3934 7533 3934 7534
      3936 7539 3940 7539
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 314DEG 29KT 3939 7529 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

Gorse

667 
WWUS51 KPHI 290027
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
827 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

NJC011-290036-
/O.EXP.KPHI.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-190529T0030Z/
Cumberland NJ-
827 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 830 PM EDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished at this time 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 tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southern New
Jersey.

LAT...LON 3946 7530 3933 7507 3923 7516 3927 7524
      3930 7525 3929 7529 3934 7533 3934 7534
      3936 7539 3940 7539
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 318DEG 32KT 3927 7516 

$$

Gorse

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 9:17 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		58 min
May 28, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cape May	44 min
May 28, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	41 min
May 28, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland, Salem	64 min
May 28, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		62 min
May 28, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester, Salem	38 min
May 28, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	61 min
May 28, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland, Salem	40 min
May 28, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	66 min
May 28, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland, Salem	52 min
May 28, 7:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Cumberland, Salem	2 hr
May 28, 7:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	2 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.