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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 4, 2006Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2006, 4:16 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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 4, 2006, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 4:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Red Bank, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2006-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 341 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 2006-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 042016
SVRPHI
NJC025-042100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0131.060704T2016Z-060704T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
416 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR YORKETOWN...OR
  ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MORGANVILLE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF EAST FREEHOLD BY 425 PM EDT...
  MATAWAN BY 430 PM EDT...
  LINCROFT AND 7 MILES NORTH OF TINTON FALLS BY 435 PM EDT...
  RED BANK AND KEANSBURG BY 440 PM EDT...
  7 MILES NORTH OF LONG BRANCH BY 445 PM EDT...
  HIGHLANDS BY 450 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4045 7398 4036 7397 4026 7400 4019 7437
      4028 7439 4043 7422 4045 7418 4044 7415
      4045 7413 4041 7403 4043 7401 4047 7401

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren33 min
Jul 4, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem33 min
Jul 4, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden48 min
Jul 4, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI28 min
Jul 4, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem53 min
Jul 4, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jul 4, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 4, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI115 min
Jul 4, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 4, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 4, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jul 4, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May52 min
Jul 4, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.