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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 2, 2022Bucks County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Burlington County, Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2022, 4:14 PM EDT for Bucks County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Burlington County, Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 min. 7 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 2, 2022, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2022, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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
Jun 2, 4:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beverly, NJ	DOWNED POWER LINES ON WARREN STREET. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Jun 2, 4:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beverly, NJ	ONE TREE UPROOTED AND ANOTHER TREE HAD LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF.
Jun 2, 4:32 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beverly, NJ	DOWNED WIRES ON GROUND. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Jun 2, 4:33 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Delanco, NJ	SENT IN PICTURES OF TREES DOWN IN YARD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Jun 2, 4:33 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Beverly, NJ	EM OFFICE REPORTED A TREE THAT FELL ON A HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Jun 2, 4:33 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Edgewater Park, NJ	TREES DOWNED IN EDGEWATER PARK WITH POWER OUTAGES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 2, 4:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rancocas, NJ	EM OFFICE REPORTED TREE THAT FELL ON A HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA 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
Jun 2, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 252 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: 891 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

153 
WUUS51 KPHI 022014
SVRPHI
NJC005-021-PAC017-091-101-022045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0076.220602T2014Z-220602T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
414 PM EDT Thu Jun 2 2022

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

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

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 414 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Northeast
  Philadelphia, or 9 miles northeast of Philadelphia, moving east at
  30 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, Bensalem, Willingboro, Lumberton, Florence,
  Burlington, Bristol, Mount Holly, Riverside, Palmyra, Hatboro,
  Jenkintown, Bordentown, Beverly, Rockledge, Tullytown, Abington,
  Langhorne and Pemberton.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 5 and 8.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 341 and 359.
 Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 29 and 40.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 7.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 42 and 61.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4018 7461 4017 7461 4016 7460 3991 7465
      4005 7518 4023 7513 4020 7459 4018 7459
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 278DEG 26KT 4011 7502 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Fitzsimmons

1 follow-up statement

649 
WWUS51 KPHI 022032
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
432 PM EDT Thu Jun 2 2022

PAC091-022042-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-220602T2045Z/
Montgomery PA-
432 PM EDT Thu Jun 2 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has 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 4001 7503 4022 7496 4019 7459 4018 7459
      4018 7461 4017 7461 4016 7460 3991 7465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 278DEG 27KT 4009 7486 

$$

NJC005-021-PAC017-101-022045-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-220602T2045Z/
Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Bucks PA-Philadelphia PA-
432 PM EDT Thu Jun 2 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN
BUCKS AND NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

At 432 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Burlington, or
10 miles southwest of Trenton, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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, Bensalem, Willingboro, Lumberton, Florence,
Burlington, Bristol, Mount Holly, Riverside, Palmyra, Bordentown,
Beverly, Tullytown, Langhorne, Pemberton, Wrightstown,
Florence-Roebling, Jacksonville and Georgetown.

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 30 and 40.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 2.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 42 and 61.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4001 7503 4022 7496 4019 7459 4018 7459
      4018 7461 4017 7461 4016 7460 3991 7465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 278DEG 27KT 4009 7486 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Fitzsimmons

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 8:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monroe	3 hr
Jun 1, 8:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monroe, Northampton	4 hr
Jun 1, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Philadelphia	23 min
Jun 2, 12:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh	27 min
Jun 2, 1:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	33 min
Jun 2, 1:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks	29 min
Jun 2, 3:07 PM EDT	Flood Watch	PHI	Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	5 hr
Jun 2, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Philadelphia	34 min
Jun 2, 5:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia	3 hr
Jun 2, 5:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	3 hr
Jun 2, 6:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Chester	63 min
Jun 1, 8:44 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean	9 hr
Jun 1, 9:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Morris, Somerset	4 hr
Jun 1, 11:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	91 min
Jun 2, 2:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	45 min
Jun 2, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	42 min
Jun 2, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
Jun 2, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	34 min
Jun 2, 6:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	2 hr
Jun 2, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		53 min
Jun 2, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		53 min
Jun 2, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.