Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 14, 2003Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 14, 2003, 6:23 PM EST for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 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
Dec 14, 2003, 6:23 PM EST (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Dec 14, 2003, 7:30 PM EST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2003-12-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2003-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 142323
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-150030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
619 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.
  EASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 730 PM EST.

* AT 613 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
WIND GUST OF UP TO 70 MPH ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL STRIP.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS WIRES AND 
TREES DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO HOMES.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. 

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

$$
LAT...LON 4041 7396 3978 7409 3956 7423 3955 7433
          4037 7402

WN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 6:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.