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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 24, 2006Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2006, 5:27 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2006, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2006, 5:56 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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 2006-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2006-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 242128
SVRPHI
NJC029-242215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0269.060924T2127Z-060924T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
527 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO
  60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING   FROM 
  14 MILES NORTH OF FORKED RIVER TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   
  BARNEGAT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 36 MILES SOUTH OF 
  PERTH AMBOY TO 18 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...AND MOVING EAST  
  AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BARNEGAT LIGHT BY 535 PM EDT...

IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER HEAD INDOORS QUICKLY. HEAVY RAIN WILL
ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM.
 
$$
 
TFG
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 242135
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
533 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006

NJC029-242215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0269.000000T0000Z-060924T2215Z/
OCEAN NJ-
533 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN OCEAN COUNTY...

AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS TO ABOUT 60 MPH ALONG THE ENTIRE EASTERN COAST LINE 
OF OCEAN COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS..HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3975 7410 3952 7427 3952 7427 3965 7423
      3959 7431 3951 7428 3950 7432 3954 7433
      3956 7441 4013 7410 4008 7407 4009 7402

$$
 
TFG
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 242156
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
556 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006

NJC029-242206-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0269.000000T0000Z-060924T2215Z/
OCEAN NJ-
556 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OFFSHORE.

 
$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Sep 24, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Sep 24, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI91 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.