Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2002, 3:40 PM EDT for Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 12, 2002, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Middlesex County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | South Plainfield, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 121940 SVRPHI NJC023-122030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 340 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. * UNTIL 430 PM EDT. * AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLONIA TO 13 MILES WEST OF KENDALL PARK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CARTERET...SOCIETY HILL AT 350 PM. EDISON AT 355 PM. PERTH AMBOY...NEW BRUNSWICK...KENDALL PARK AT 410 PM. DAYTON AT 415 PM. NORTH BRUNSWICK AT 420 PM. SAYREVILLE...EAST BRUNSWICK AT 430 PM. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 89 min | |
| Jun 12, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 88 min | |
| Jun 12, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min | |
| Jun 12, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.