Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2006, 7:51 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 84 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2006, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 11 S Burli, NJ | TREES DOWN IN SHAMONG |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Toms River, NJ | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. ALSO SOME SMALL HAIL REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 022352 SVRPHI NJC005-007-029-030115- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0121.060702T2351Z-060703T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 751 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEDFORD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEISURETOWNE AND PEMBERTON BY 800 PM EDT... PRESIDENTIAL LAKES AND BROWNS MILLS BY 815 PM EDT... CEDAR GLEN LAKES BY 830 PM EDT... HOLIDAY CITY BY 840 PM EDT... BEACHWOOD BY 850 PM EDT... SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN BOTH PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4012 7469 3982 7504 3958 7430 4006 7407 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 44 min | |
| Jul 2, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 62 min | |
| Jul 2, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.