Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 18, 2000Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 11:25 PM EDT for Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2000, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2000, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 2000-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 573 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2000-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

205 
WUUS51 KPHI 190326
SVRPHL
NJC005-025-029-190400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1125 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.
  NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.

* AT 1122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH
  OF RED BANK TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST FREEHOLD TO 3 MILES EAST
  OF WRIGHTSTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF
  STATEN ISLAND TO 19 MILES EAST OF TRENTON TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  TRENTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 10:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.