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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 26, 2006Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 1:40 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 35 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
May 26, 2006, 1:40 PM EDT (17:40 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2006, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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
May 26, 1:46 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Brielle, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWNED IN WALL TOWNSHIP, NEAR THE RIVER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2006-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 261740
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-261815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0040.060526T1740Z-060526T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
140 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEWOOD...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH OF PERTH
  AMBOY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FARMINGDALE BY 145 PM EDT...
  MANASQUAN BY 150 PM EDT...
  BELMAR...ASBURY PARK AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TINTON FALLS BY 155
  PM EDT...
  LONG BRANCH BY 200 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4015 7434 4004 7417 4005 7404 4036 7394

$$

AMC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 261758
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
158 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

NJC029-261808-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060526T1815Z/
OCEAN NJ-
158 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

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

LAT...LON 4022 7413 4010 7405 4008 7399 4032 7395

$$

NJC025-261815-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060526T1815Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-
158 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...

AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH BELMAR...OR ABOUT 28 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PERTH AMBOY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LAT...LON 4022 7413 4010 7405 4008 7399 4032 7395

$$

AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren39 min
May 26, 11:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris26 min
May 26, 12:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex26 min
May 26, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI44 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.