Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 14, 2003Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2003, 4:24 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2003, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2003, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-14Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2003-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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.

891 
WUUS51 KPHI 142024
SVRPHI
NJC025-142130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
423 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.

* AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF KEANSBURG TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORKETOWN TO 15
  MILES WEST OF YORKETOWN...MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ASBURY PARK...
  BELMAR...
  EAST FREEHOLD...
  FARMINGDALE...
  HIGHLANDS...
  KEANSBURG...
  LINCROFT...
  MANASQUAN...
  RED BANK...
  ROBERTSVILLE...
  TINTON FALLS...
  WEST FREEHOLD...
  YORKETOWN...

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.

LAT...LON 4045 7418 4037 7428 4023 7447 4010 7409
          4011 7402 4044 7397
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex52 min
Jun 14, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris49 min
Jun 14, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex18 min
Jun 14, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris37 min
Jun 14, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset39 min
Jun 14, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 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.