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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2023Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2023, 8:27 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 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 3, 2023, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2023, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 3, 8:30 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 411 Ssw North Cape May, NJThe Cape May NOS gauge measured a 35.9 kt wind gust.
Jul 3, 8:30 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 411 Ssw North Cape May, NJThe Cape May NOS gauge measured a 35.9 kt wind gust.
Jul 3, 8:52 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 50Avalon, NJReport from a Davis WeatherLink station that winds gusted to 50mph in Avalon. Time estimated via radar.
Jul 3, 8:52 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 50Avalon, NJReport from a Davis WeatherLink station that winds gusted to 50mph in Avalon. Time estimated via radar.
Jul 3, 9:02 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ese Goshen, NJTrees down on wires at the Sea Pine Campground near the Swainton section of Middle Twp. Time estimated from radar. Report relayed via media.
Jul 3, 9:02 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ese Goshen, NJTrees down on wires at the Sea Pine Campground near the Swainton section of Middle Twp. Time estimated from radar. Report relayed via media.

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
Jul 3, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2023-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 838 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2023-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
838 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

356 
WUUS51 KPHI 040027
SVRPHI
NJC009-040115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0158.230704T0027Z-230704T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
827 PM EDT Mon Jul 3 2023

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Cape May County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 915 PM EDT.

* At 826 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Cape
  May, or near Cape May, moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Cape May, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, Sea Isle City, Avalon,
  West Cape May, Stone Harbor, Cape May Court House, Scotch Bonnet,
  Diamond Beach, Green Creek, Goshen, Rio Grande, North Cape May,
  Villas, West Wildwood, Erma and Whitesboro-Burleigh.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 0 and 15.
 
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 3893 7501 3918 7493 3918 7491 3919 7492
      3920 7492 3911 7464 3889 7488
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 210DEG 21KT 3892 7499 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Staarmann
2 follow-up statements
125 
WWUS51 KPHI 040054
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
854 PM EDT Mon Jul 3 2023

NJC009-040115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-230704T0115Z/
Cape May NJ-
854 PM EDT Mon Jul 3 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY...

At 854 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Green Creek, or
10 miles north of Cape May, moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cape May, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, Sea Isle City, Avalon, West
Cape May, Stone Harbor, Cape May Court House, Scotch Bonnet, Diamond
Beach, Green Creek, Goshen, Rio Grande, North Cape May, Villas, West
Wildwood, Erma and Whitesboro-Burleigh.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 0 and 15.
 
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 3893 7501 3918 7493 3918 7491 3919 7492
      3920 7492 3911 7464 3889 7488
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 204DEG 22KT 3909 7491 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Staarmann
764 
WWUS51 KPHI 040106
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
906 PM EDT Mon Jul 3 2023

NJC009-040115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-230704T0115Z/
Cape May NJ-
906 PM EDT Mon Jul 3 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY...

At 905 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Goshen, or 14
miles north of Cape May, moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Stone Harbor,
Cape May Court House, Scotch Bonnet, Green Creek, Goshen, Rio Grande,
Villas, West Wildwood, Whitesboro-Burleigh and Erma.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 4 and 15.
 
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 3897 7480 3904 7497 3918 7493 3918 7491
      3919 7492 3920 7492 3911 7464
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 218DEG 22KT 3913 7482 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI116 min
Jul 3, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem49 min
Jul 3, 8:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren115 min
Jul 3, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland47 min
Jul 3, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jul 3, 9:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISalem5 hr
Jul 3, 9:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris83 min
Jul 3, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem35 min
Jul 3, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem38 min
Jul 3, 10:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIGloucester, Salem4 hr
Jul 4, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth32 min
Jul 4, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex24 min
Jul 4, 2:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth3 hr
Jul 4, 3:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset2 hr
Jul 4, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth29 min
Jul 4, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPassaic26 min
Jul 4, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean38 min
Jul 4, 3:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Somerset2 hr
Jul 4, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex45 min
Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean38 min
Jul 4, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean2 hr
Jul 4, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jul 4, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean36 min
Jul 4, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren23 min
Jul 4, 4:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean2 hr
Jul 4, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean46 min
Jul 4, 5:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden112 min
Jul 4, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren33 min
Jul 4, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester46 min
Jul 4, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden3 hr
Jul 4, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex28 min
Jul 4, 6:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren114 min
Jul 4, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPHICamden, Gloucester21 min
Jul 4, 7:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester2 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.