Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 1, 2006Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 1, 2006, 7:43 PM EST for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 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
Dec 1, 2006, 7:43 PM EST (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2006, 8:36 PM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 1, 3:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Dec 1, 6:11 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 00:00Z on 2006-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 00:00Z on 2006-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 995 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
106 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
995 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 020044
SVRPHI
NJC023-025-020145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0283.061202T0043Z-061202T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
743 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 739 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF SAYREVILLE TO ROOSEVELT TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF ROOSEVELT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PERTH AMBOY TO 13
  MILES EAST OF TRENTON TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ROOSEVELT AND OLD BRIDGE BY 750 PM EST...
  YORKETOWN...ROBERTSVILLE AND MATAWAN BY 800 PM EST...
  MORGANVILLE BY 805 PM EST...
  WEST FREEHOLD AND EAST FREEHOLD BY 815 PM EST...
  LINCROFT AND FARMINGDALE BY 825 PM EST...

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4018 7462 4008 7456 4017 7440 4015 7414
      4024 7397 4042 7397 4044 7422 4048 7435
      4030 7455 4025 7447

$$

NIERENBERG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 020136
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
835 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

NJC023-025-020145-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0283.000000T0000Z-061202T0145Z/
MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-
835 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONMOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN
MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OFF THE COAST AND
SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.  HOWEVER, GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.


LAT...LON 4018 7462 4008 7456 4017 7440 4015 7414
      4024 7397 4042 7397 4044 7422 4048 7435
      4030 7455 4025 7447

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 7:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington55 min
Dec 1, 8:04 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI116 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.