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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 4, 2021Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Burlington County, Camden County, Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT for Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Burlington County, Camden County, Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 min. 13 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 4, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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
Jun 4, 3:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Bristol Twp, PATREE OR LIMBS DOWN ON WIRES WITH AN OUTAGE ON WHITEWOOD DR. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 3:54 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Florence, NJREPORT AND VIDEO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Jun 4, 3:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGAndalusia, PASOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF DOWNED TREE LIMBS FROM STRONG WINDS AND PEA-SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 3:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Roebling, NJSEVERAL DOWNED TREE LIMBS ALONG I-295 NEAR FLORENCE AND COLUMBUS. SECONDHAND REPORT FROM OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 3:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPalmyra, NJTREE DOWN ON WIRES IN PALMYRA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 3:58 PM EDTHAIL 0.751 Wnw Eddington, PA
Jun 4, 4:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTioga, PADOWNED WIRES NEAR CLEARFIELD ST. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W North Hanover Twp, NJA CALL WAS MADE FOR A TREE DOWN ON WIRES WITH SMOKE IN NORTH HANOVER TWP. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 4:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Wrightstown, NJDOWNED WIRES NEAR MCGUIRE ACCESS HIGHWAY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 4:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw South Jersey Regi, NJDOWNED TREE NEAR CLAVER HILL WAY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 4:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw New Egypt, NJDOWNED WIRES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JACOBSTOWN-COOKSTOWN ROAD AND CROSHAW ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 4:29 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 61Fort Dix, NJIN ADDITION, THE WIND WAS SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH AT THE TIME OF THIS GUST.
Jun 4, 4:34 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 64Fort Dix, NJKWRI METAR.

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
Jun 4, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

669 
WUUS51 KPHI 041946
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-021-PAC017-101-042030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0056.210604T1946Z-210604T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
346 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Camden County in southern New Jersey...
  South central Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  Northwestern Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Central Philadelphia County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 346 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Trenton to Wissinoming, moving east at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to 
           roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden, Bensalem, Mount Laurel, Willingboro,
  Lumberton, Florence, Burlington, Bristol, Mount Holly, Riverside,
  Palmyra, Bordentown, Beverly, Tullytown, Pemberton, Wrightstown,
  Wissinoming and Florence-Roebling.

People at the Burlington County Mega Site should seek safe shelter
immediately!

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 5 and 7A.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 353 and 359.
 Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 23 and 40.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey near mile marker 0.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 37 and 60.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3990 7478 3998 7521 4022 7480 4014 7459
      4007 7455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 284DEG 23KT 4018 7477 4003 7510 

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

JEO
1 follow-up statement
846 
WWUS51 KPHI 042030
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
430 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NJC005-007-021-PAC017-101-042040-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210604T2030Z/
Camden NJ-Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Bucks PA-Philadelphia PA-
430 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...SOUTH
CENTRAL MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS AND
CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
southern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 3990 7478 3998 7521 4022 7480 4014 7459
      4007 7455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 284DEG 23KT 4011 7443 3996 7476 

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks30 min
Jun 4, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh28 min
Jun 4, 1:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe38 min
Jun 4, 1:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh2 hr
Jun 4, 1:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe, Northampton97 min
Jun 4, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton41 min
Jun 4, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery21 min
Jun 4, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery51 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks48 min
Jun 4, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia46 min
Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia98 min
Jun 4, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks42 min
Jun 4, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks67 min
Jun 4, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia40 min
Jun 3, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean19 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth10 min
Jun 4, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren62 min
Jun 4, 2:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren70 min
Jun 4, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean63 min
Jun 4, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jun 4, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean52 min
Jun 4, 4:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean63 min
Jun 4, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 4, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean18 min
Jun 4, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jun 4, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic42 min
Jun 4, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland48 min
Jun 4, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 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.