Lightning strikes from thunderstorms throughout the day resulted in a couple of damage reports.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
Lightning strikes from thunderstorms throughout the day resulted in a couple of damage reports.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 28, 4:59 AM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 559 AM EDT Tue Mar 28 2017 .SYNOPSIS... Weak low pressure will move across the Middle Atlantic region today and then offshore tonight. Large high pressure will build across the area Wednesday and then move east of the area by Friday morning. A low and its associated fronts will push across our region Friday and remain into Saturday. More high pressure will be over the area Sunday and into Monday. Another disturbance may affect the area Next Tuesday. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... 6 AM ESTF: CHILLY NNJ and a struggle to reach our fcst max temps. Groups/bands of heavy showers and isolated tstms should continue in NJ today and develop into the Delmarva and se PA later this morning. Torrents of rain in stronger cells with possibly pea sized hail as reported from Lawrenceville around 305AM this morning in a cell VIL of ~34 and well monitored by our DIX MESH. DFA (NPW) cancelled Ocean and Monmouth where rains mixed out the poor vsby. Today...Murky again. Mostly cloudy. Fog and scattered heavy showers and isolated tstms, especially north of the boundary this morning. Possibly a stronger tstm on the Delmarva this aftn where best MLCape of less than 800J. Weak speed shear so svr not expected. PWAT 1.25 so brief torrents of rain possible in any shower. Please follow later PHI discussions and those of SPC regarding SVR potential. FCST basis: 50 50 blended 00z/28 GFS/NAM MOS.Temps were modified downward using the 2m temps from HRRR and NAM. Note..thats max temps in the mid to upper 40s Sussex County, Monmouth and Ocean counties. Going to be difficult for PHL to reach 60. More likely upper 50s there. So the temperature forecast remains a concern with the placement of the eastward- extending warm front again a complicating factor. Errors in these values are likely given timing of the rain cooling factor and where skies may thin to allow a little sun. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY/... Any remaining showers end from west to east with a slightly faster modeled end to the rain than 24 hours ago. There could be some patchy fog, especially early at night in the still moist boundary layer with a light north wind increasing a bit late at night and trending northwest. FCST Basis was a 50 50 blend of the 00z/28 GFS/NAM MOS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A rather steady progression of disturbances in the extended period with a 2 day (or so) return period. Fair weather is expected for much of Wednesday and Thursday as high pressure across Canada ridges southward across the area. Temperatures will be close to normal with highs in the mid/upper 50s south and low/mid 50s north. Lows will be in the mid/upper 30s north and low 40s south. It will be dry and breezy Wednesday, but with wet ground conditions, fire weather hazards will probably not be a big concern. The first of two disturbances in the long term will affect much of the area for much of Friday and Saturday. Low pressure will move up the Ohio Valley Friday and then off the VA Tidewater area Saturday. Our region will remain on the cooler nrly part of the system. Occasional showers should occur much of the time. Depending on what computer model, the rains could begin Thu night. Temperatures should remain near or a little below normal thru the period. A couple snowflakes across the highest elevations of the southern Poconos are possible. Fair weather returns over the region for Sunday and persist into Monday as high pressure to the north ridges across the area. Temperatures will be a little above normal with upper 50s to low 60s for highs in most areas. Another disturbance may approach for Tue with the latest EC model having a soaker system across the area and the GFS much slower with the low and a fair weather day for Tue. We just have chc pops for now. && .AVIATION /10Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... The following discussion is for KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG, KMIV, KACY and surrounding areas. Today...variable conditions with general deterioration to IFR conds in st/fog by 12z in the light northeast flow. The southerly winds TAFS of MIV and ACY could remain VFR much of the day except lower in showers. Then considerable deterioration ACY and MIV late today when the wind turns decidedly northeast. Bands of showers and isolated tstms, some with brief heavy rain. light wind, mostly east or northeast at the TAF locations except southeast to south at KMIV and KACY at least this morning. Tonight...MVFR/IFR conditions possible in showers and fog early... becoming VFR late. Light north winds will become north to northwest overnight around 10 knots. OUTLOOK... wed/thu...VFR expected. Gusty north winds Wed. fri/sat...lower cigs/vsbys expected. Showers. && .MARINE... Dense Fog Advisory continues for the New Jersey coastal waters north of Little Egg. Areas south may also develop dense fog this morning, but it is less certain at this time. Winds/seas will be under advisory criteria through Tonight. Scattered showers/isolated thunderstorms through today, with showers ending this evening. OUTLOOK... wed...sub-sca conditions. wed night/thu morning...low end sca near the nj coastal waters. thu afternoon thru fri...sub-sca expected. Showers fri. fri night thru sat...sca possible. showers. && .EQUIPMENT... KNEL appears to be reading 10F too warm the past several days. && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. NJ...None. DE...None. MD...None. MARINE...Dense Fog Advisory until 10 AM EDT this morning for ANZ450-451. && Synopsis...O'Hara Near Term...Drag 6a Short Term...Drag Long Term...O'Hara Aviation...Drag/O'Hara 6a Marine...Drag/O'Hara Equipment...
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 538 AM EDT Tue Mar 28 2017 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-070-071-101>106-290945- New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Cecil-Kent MD- Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset- Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester- Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May- Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- Southeastern Burlington-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton- Delaware-Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester- Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks- 538 AM EDT Tue Mar 28 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Delaware, northern Delaware, southern Delaware, northeast Maryland, central New Jersey, northern New Jersey, northwest New Jersey, southern New Jersey, east central Pennsylvania, northeast Pennsylvania and southeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Patchy fog, locally dense, may create some travel concerns for this morning. Isolated thunderstorms may produce small hail and brief poor drainage flooding rain today, mainly along and southeast of the Interstate 95 corridor. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ430-431-452>455-290945- Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm- 538 AM EDT Tue Mar 28 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters and Delaware Bay Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Patchy fog, locally dense, may create a marine hazard on the waters at times today into this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ450-451-290945- Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- 538 AM EDT Tue Mar 28 2017 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Dense Fog Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
507 AM EDT TUE MAR 28 2017
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0306 AM HAIL LAWRENCEVILLE 40.30N 74.73W
03/28/2017 E0.25 INCH MERCER NJ SOCIAL MEDIA
304-306AM EDT
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EVENT NUMBER PHI1700567
WDThe Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:38 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Direct strike to telephone polls causing traffic light damage at the corner of Eagle and Haverford roads.
Cardinal John Foley Regional Catholic School was closed due to a lightning strike that damaged fire and telephone systems. Damage estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 2017
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 677246, 677248.