Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 1999Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1999, 5:14 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1999, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1999, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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
Aug 11, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Marlboro, NJ
Aug 11, 5:45 PM EDTHail 1.25Marlboro, NJ

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1999-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1999-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 112114 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC023-025-112215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
514 PM EDT WED AUG 11 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.
  WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.

* AT 512 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MARLBORO... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MARLBORO AT 535 PM EDT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND DO
NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER
MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. IF CAUGHT IN RISING FLOOD WATERS...
ABANDON YOUR CAR QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

.END
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.