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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 15 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 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2026, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
933
WUUS51 KPHI 271700
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-271715-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0054.260527T1700Z-260527T1715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
100 PM EDT Wed May 27 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Atlantic County in southern New Jersey...
Northeastern Cape May County in southern New Jersey...
* Until 115 PM EDT.
* At 1259 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Strathmere,
or near Ocean City, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Atlantic City, Ocean City, Pleasantville, Somers Point, Ventnor
City, Northfield, Margate City, Woodbine, Sea Isle City, Estell
Manor, Avalon, Longport, Corbin City, Beesleys Point, English
Creek, Seaville, Marmora, Strathmere, and Linwood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3921 7431 3912 7445 3909 7448 3911 7482
3935 7482 3938 7434 3921 7430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 271DEG 31KT 3923 7462
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Fitzsimmons1 follow-up statement
725
WWUS51 KPHI 271712
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
112 PM EDT Wed May 27 2026
NJC001-009-271721-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-260527T1715Z/
Atlantic NJ-Cape May NJ-
112 PM EDT Wed May 27 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC AND
NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning is moving out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3921 7431 3912 7445 3909 7448 3911 7482
3935 7482 3938 7434 3921 7430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 271DEG 31KT 3917 7450
$$
FitzsimmonsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 11:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 96 min | |
| May 27, 11:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 62 min |
| May 27, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 115 min |
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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.