Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2006, 5:16 AM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 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 26, 2006, 5:16 AM EDT (09:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2006, 6:02 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 260916
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-261015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0259.060826T0916Z-060826T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
516 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
* AT 514 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WHARTON STATE FOREST...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EGG HARBOR CITY BY 520 AM EDT...
PORT REPUBLIC AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF POMONA BY 530 AM EDT...
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABSECON BY 535 AM EDT...
BRIGANTINE AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY BY 545 AM 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 3982 7457 3965 7480 3929 7445 3949 7431
3958 7440
$$
EBERWINE1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 261002
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
602 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006
NJC001-005-261012-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-060826T1015Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
602 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND
EASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OFFSHORE.
LAT...LON 3982 7457 3965 7480 3929 7445 3949 7431
3958 7440
$$
EBERWINEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 3:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 3:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 4:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 53 min |
| Aug 26, 5:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 96 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.