Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, 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, 7:33 PM EST for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 57 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, 7:33 PM EST (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Dec 14, 2003, 8:30 PM EST
In force
57 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 00:37 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 00:00Z, 0.6 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 00:00Z on 2003-12-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-12-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 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 150033
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-150130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
731 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EST.

* AT 725 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE STORM...3 MILES SOUTH OF FORKED RIVER...MOVING NORTH AT 20  
  MPH.

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 3980 7420 3978 7404 4020 7388 4022 7405

KRUZDLO

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.