Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 6, 2003Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2003, 4:53 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 52 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
Aug 6, 2003, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
52 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 20:55 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 12:00Z, 8.9 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 2003-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 994 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

407 
WUUS51 KPHI 062053
SVRPHI
NJC025-062145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
453 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY
  4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCROFT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINCROFT AT 500 PM.
  RED BANK...MATAWAN AT 505 PM.
  KEANSBURG AT 530 PM.
  HIGHLANDS AT 535 PM.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IN ADDITION HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE POOR 
DRAINAGE FLOODING.

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

$$

LAT...LON 4028 7434 4019 7413 4050 7387 4061 7416

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 1:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Aug 6, 1:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May34 min
Aug 6, 2:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Aug 6, 2:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May29 min
Aug 6, 3:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Aug 6, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset46 min
Aug 6, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris45 min
Aug 6, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 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.