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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 30, 20206 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2020, 11:35 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 min. 6 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 30, 2020, 11:35 PM EDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2020, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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 30, 11:37 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Delran, NJWIRES DOWN NEAR CREEK ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 30, 11:46 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBurlington, NJWIRES DOWN NEAR WOOD STREET IN BURLINGTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 30, 11:46 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 581 Wnw Burlington, NJOBSERVED ON THE BRISTOL BRIDGE.
Jul 30, 11:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Roebling, NJWIRES DOWN ON HAMILTON STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 30, 11:51 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Columbus, NJWIRES DOWN NEAR JACKSONVILLE ROAD AND MILL LANE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 30, 11:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Bordentown, NJWIRES DOWN ON STANTON AVENUE IN BORDENTOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2020-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2515 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2020-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

677 
WUUS51 KPHI 310335
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-007-021-025-029-PAC017-101-310415-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0188.200731T0335Z-200731T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1135 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Atlantic County in southern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
  Central Camden County in southern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Southwestern Monmouth County in central New Jersey...
  Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Northeastern Philadelphia County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 1215 AM EDT.

* At 1134 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Tacony to near Hammonton, moving northeast at 40
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. Several reports of tree and power line 
           damage have also been received in association with this 
           line of storms.

  IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is 
           possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Philadelphia, Trenton, Cherry Hill, Bensalem, Evesham, Mount
  Laurel, Ewing, Willingboro, Voorhees, Medford, Lindenwold,
  Hammonton, Lumberton, Florence, Burlington, Bristol, Mount Holly,
  Riverside, Berlin and Palmyra.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 4 and 8.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 351 and 359.
 Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 27 and 40.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 13.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 33 and 67.
 Atlantic City Expressway near mile marker 28.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority.  Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3961 7483 4005 7511 4006 7509 4008 7509
      4010 7506 4033 7462 4033 7461 4031 7458
      3980 7424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 238DEG 34KT 4004 7505 3968 7481 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JEO
1 follow-up statement
637 
WWUS51 KPHI 310402
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1202 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

NJC001-310411-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-200731T0415Z/
Atlantic NJ-
1202 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

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

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

LAT...LON 3973 7480 4010 7506 4033 7462 4033 7461
      4031 7458 3991 7431
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 238DEG 34KT 4017 7478 3981 7454 

$$

NJC005-007-021-025-029-PAC017-101-310415-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-200731T0415Z/
Ocean NJ-Camden NJ-Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Monmouth NJ-Bucks PA-
Philadelphia PA-
1202 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...EAST CENTRAL CAMDEN...SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...
BURLINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS AND
NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

At 1201 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Tullytown to Chatsworth, moving northeast at 40
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated. Tree and power line damage has also been 
         reported with these storms.

IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Trenton, Bensalem, Evesham, Mount Laurel, Ewing,
Willingboro, Medford, Lumberton, Florence, Burlington, Bristol, Mount
Holly, Riverside, Tabernacle, Shamong, Bordentown, Presidential Lakes
Estates, Beverly and Tullytown.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 5 and 8.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 351 and 359.
 Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 31 and 40.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 13.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 38 and 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority.  Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3973 7480 4010 7506 4033 7462 4033 7461
      4031 7458 3991 7431
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 238DEG 34KT 4017 7478 3981 7454 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 30, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Jul 30, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Jul 30, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon50 min
Jul 30, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Warren54 min
Jul 31, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset50 min
Jul 31, 12:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer4 hr
Jul 31, 12:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and 1 more42 min
Jul 31, 12:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset4 hr
Jul 31, 1:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset35 min
Jul 31, 1:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset4 hr
Jul 30, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware49 min
Jul 30, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery40 min
Jul 30, 10:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia50 min
Jul 30, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.