Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 14, 2005Burlington County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 2005, 5:40 AM EST for Burlington County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 50 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
Jan 14, 2005, 5:40 AM EST (10:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2005, 6:30 AM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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
Jan 14, 4:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2005-01-14Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2005-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 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 141040
SVRPHI
NJC005-025-141130-
/X.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0005.050114T1040Z-050114T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
540 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 630 AM EST

* AT 540 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEVERLY...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BORDENTOWN BY 555 AM EST
  ROOSEVELT BY 615 AM EST
  YORKETOWN...ROBERTSVILLE...WEST FREEHOLD BY 630 AM EST

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4027 7421 3994 7492 4002 7499 4005 7496
      4007 7488 4011 7482 4011 7475 4017 7470
      4012 7460 4017 7461 4017 7457 4022 7453
      4026 7442 4036 7429

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 4:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon32 min
Jan 14, 5:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset42 min
Jan 14, 5:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer32 min
Jan 14, 5:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex38 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.