Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 17, 2006Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 2006, 11:18 AM EST for Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 87 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
Feb 17, 2006, 11:18 AM EST (16:18 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2006, 12:45 PM EST
In force
87 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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, 4.3 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 2006-02-17Temperature 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 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 2006-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 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 171619
SVRPHI
NJC005-025-029-171745-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0012.060217T1618Z-060217T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1118 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 PM EST

* AT 1118 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM NEW BRUNSWICK TO MOUNT HOLLY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCROFT TO 14 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN IN
  HUNTERDON COUNTY BETWEEN 10:33 AND 11:00 AM.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROOSEVELT...MEDFORD...WRIGHTSTOWN...PEMBERTON...LEISURETOWNE...WEST
  FREEHOLD...EAST FREEHOLD...BROWNS MILLS...RED BANK...WHARTON STATE
  FOREST...PRESIDENTIAL LAKES...TINTON FALLS...FARMINGDALE...
  CHATSWORTH...LONG BRANCH...LAKEHURST...CEDAR GLEN LAKES...
  LAKEWOOD...ASBURY PARK...HOLIDAY CITY...BELMAR...PLEASANT PLAINS...
  LEISURE VILLAGE...MANASQUAN...BRICK TOWNSHIP...BEACHWOOD...
  MANTOLOKING...TUCKERTON...OCEAN ACRES...BARNEGAT...SEASIDE
  HEIGHTS...BEACH HAVEN WEST AND FORKED RIVER.

LAT...LON 4039 7416 3998 7499 3983 7488 3972 7468
      3954 7430 3983 7408 4035 7397

$$

/TFG/JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 9:41 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more20 hr
Feb 17, 9:05 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Feb 17, 10:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset73 min
Feb 17, 11:30 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI90 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.