Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 28, 2003Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 2003, 8:38 PM EST for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 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
Nov 28, 2003, 8:38 PM EST (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 2003, 9:15 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 00:00Z on 2003-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 229 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 00:00Z on 2003-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 474 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
474 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
460 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 
WUUS51 KPHI 290138
SVRPHI
NJC025-290215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
837 PM EST FRI NOV 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE STORM WARNING FOR...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 915 PM EST.

* AT 831 PM EST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE
  STORM OVER ABERDEEN. SEVERAL POLES WERE KNOCKED IN THE 
  REGION. THIS WAS PART OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM 2 MILES 
  SOUTHEAST OF MATAWAN TO WEST FREEHOLD AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE LINE WILL BE NEAR...
  LINCROFT AT 845 PM.
  FARMINGDALE AT 850 PM.
  TINTON FALLS...RED BANK AT 855 PM.
  HIGHLANDS AT 900 PM.
  LONG BRANCH...BELMAR...ASBURY PARK AT 910 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE 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.

$$
LAT...LON 4036 7396 4015 7401 4017 7442 4032 7432
          4042 7424 4044 7411 4042 7402

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 8:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI3 hr
Nov 28, 8:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI3 hr
Nov 28, 8:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI3 hr

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.