Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 6, 2002Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2002, 5:27 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 6, 2002, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2002, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2002-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2002-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 062127
SVRPHI
NJC029-062215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
526 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.

* AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEACH HAVEN WEST...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARNEGAT LIGHT...CEDAR GLEN LAKES AT 535 PM.
  FORKED RIVER AT 540 PM.
  HOLIDAY CITY AT 545 PM.
  BEACHWOOD...LAKEHURST AT 550 PM.
  PLEASANT PLAINS AT 600 PM.
  SEASIDE HEIGHTS...LEISURE VILLAGE AT 605 PM.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD
LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS
AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THURSDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

$$

LAT...LON 3971 7436 3957 7430 4000 7377 4009 7445

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jun 5, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 5, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 5, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 6, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester42 min
Jun 6, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jun 6, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI33 min
Jun 6, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Jun 6, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May61 min
Jun 6, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 6, 5:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIOcean2 hr
Jun 6, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI42 min
Jun 6, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Gloucester46 min
Jun 6, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jun 6, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jun 6, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI51 min
Jun 6, 6:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic111 min
Jun 6, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 6, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May40 min
Jun 6, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
Jun 6, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.