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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 26, 2024Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2024, 3:02 PM EDT for Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2024, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2024, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Camden County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 12:00Z on 2024-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1139 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 12:00Z on 2024-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

609 
WUUS51 KPHI 261902
SVRPHI
NJC007-261930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0015.240526T1902Z-240526T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
302 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Camden County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 302 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chesilhurst,
  or 16 miles southeast of Gloucester City, and is nearly stationary.

  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...
  Berlin, Chesilhurst, and Atco.

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 3972 7475 3965 7484 3975 7497 3980 7491
      3978 7489 3979 7483 3979 7481 3973 7474
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 215DEG 4KT 3975 7487 

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

$$

PO
1 follow-up statement
332 
WWUS51 KPHI 261920
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
320 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

NJC007-261930-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-240526T1930Z/
Camden NJ-
320 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY...

At 320 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chesilhurst, or
18 miles southeast of Gloucester City, moving east at 10 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...
Berlin, Chesilhurst, and Atco.

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 3972 7475 3965 7484 3975 7497 3980 7491
      3978 7489 3979 7483 3979 7481 3973 7474
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 274DEG 8KT 3975 7481 

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

$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:28 AM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryPHI24 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.