Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 16, 2005Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2005, 4:11 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 49 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 16, 2005, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2005, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2005-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2005-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-272 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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 162012
SVRPHI
NJC029-162100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0042.050616T2011Z-050616T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
411 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  OCEAN ACRES...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...AND MOVING
  EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORKED RIVER AND BEACHWOOD BY 420 PM EDT
  SEASIDE HEIGHTS BY 430 PM EDT

LAT...LON 3989 7445 3970 7437 3982 7393 4003 7404

$$

RPW
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 162029
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
427 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2005

NJC029-162100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050616T2100Z/
OCEAN NJ-
427 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY...

AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OCEAN
GATE...OR ABOUT 38 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

RADAR INDICATES THE STORM IS STRENGTHENING. STRONG WINDS AND DIME 
SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANTOLOKING BY 440 PM EDT

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SEASIDE PARK... 
SEASIDE HEIGHTS AND LAVALLETTE.

LAT...LON 3997 7420 3977 7419 3981 7398 4007 7405

$$

AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI51 min
Jun 16, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI34 min
Jun 16, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean24 min
Jun 16, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI47 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.