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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2006Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2006, 10:12 PM EDT for Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 7, 2006, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2006, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
33 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), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 00:00Z on 2006-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1786 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 00:00Z on 2006-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
1786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 080211
SVRPHI
NJC005-025-029-080245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0235.060808T0212Z-060808T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1012 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 1008 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BORDENTOWN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WRIGHTSTOWN BY 1025 PM EDT...

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.

LAT...LON 4013 7434 3993 7446 4010 7481 4011 7481
      4012 7478 4011 7475 4017 7470 4016 7465
      4012 7460 4013 7459 4017 7461

$$

OHARA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Aug 7, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Aug 7, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI47 min
Aug 7, 11:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Aug 7, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI33 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.