Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 6, 2005Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2005, 7:36 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 69 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
Jul 6, 2005, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
69 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 23:36 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2005-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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 062337
SVRPHI
NJC029-070045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0076.050706T2336Z-050707T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
736 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 732 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM IN MONMOUTH COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
  8 MILES NORTH OF LAKEWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
  THIS STORM DOWNED SOME WIRES IN FREEHOLD AND POWER WAS
  LOST IN PART OF THE BOROUGH. A SECOND POTENTIALLY SEVERE
  STORM COULD ALSO ENTER THE COUNTY NEAR SIX FLAGS GREAT 
  ADVENTURE IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
  ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST PARTS OF BOTH STORMS.

  
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKEWOOD BY 800 PM EDT
  BRICK TOWNSHIP BY 810 PM EDT
  LEISURE VILLAGE AND LAKEHURST BY 815 PM EDT
  PLEASANT PLAINS BY 820 PM EDT
  HOLIDAY CITY BY 830 PM EDT
  BEACHWOOD BY 840 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4011 7411 4009 7423 4011 7426 4016 7427
      4016 7437 4011 7448 4011 7448 4002 7443
      3981 7416 3982 7415 3990 7412 3989 7411
      3981 7410 3979 7412 3976 7410

$$

TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 070001
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
800 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

NJC029-070045-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050707T0045Z/
OCEAN NJ-
800 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY...

AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 
TO 60 MPH EXITING HOWELL TOWNSHIP IN MONMOUTH COUNTY. THIS STORM
IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CEDAR GLEN WEST BY 810 PM EDT
  LEISURE VILLAGE...LEISURE VILLAGE EAST AND BRICK TOWNSHIP BY 815 PM
  EDT
  HOLIDAY CITY-DOVER AND PLEASANT PLAINS BY 820 PM EDT
  SILVERTON BY 825 PM EDT
  TOMS RIVER BY 830 PM EDT
  ISLAND HEIGHTS AND PINE BEACH BY 835 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SOME DAMAGING WINDS 
IN MONMOUTH COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4009 7403 4009 7423 4011 7426 4016 7427
      4016 7437 4009 7438 4005 7432 3999 7425
      3981 7416 3982 7415 3979 7414 3979 7413
      3981 7410 3979 7412 3976 7410

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.