Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 2:29 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 27, 2008, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cape May County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:38 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Cape May, NJ | NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN CAPE MAY. |
| Jun 27, 2:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cape May, NJ | 2 BOATS CAPSIZED NEAR CAPE MAY |
| Jun 27, 2:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cape May Court House, NJ | 2 BOATS CAPSIZED NEAR CAPE MAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 271830
SVRPHI
NJC009-271930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0104.080627T1829Z-080627T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
229 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 229 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
CAPE MAY...OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOVER...AND MOVING EAST
AT 18 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CAPE MAY BY 235 PM...
RIO GRANDE BY 240 PM...
WILDWOOD CREST BY 245 PM...
WILDWOOD AND NORTH WILDWOOD BY 250 PM...
7 MILES SOUTH OF STONE HARBOR BY 300 PM...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3893 7498 3899 7498 3905 7494 3906 7473
3904 7474 3902 7478 3900 7478 3894 7486
3892 7493 3892 7497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 270DEG 16KT 3895 7493
$$
KRUZDLO2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KPHI 271843
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
243 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
NJC009-271930-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-080627T1930Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-
243 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY...
AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CAPE MAY...OR 37 MILES SOUTH OF VINELAND...MOVING EAST
AT 19 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH WILDWOOD BY 250 PM EDT...
9 MILES SOUTH OF STONE HARBOR BY 255 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3893 7498 3899 7498 3905 7494 3906 7473
3904 7474 3902 7478 3900 7478 3894 7486
3892 7493 3892 7497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 278DEG 16KT 3893 7485
$$
KRUZDLO000
WWUS51 KPHI 271924
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
324 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
NJC009-271934-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-080627T1930Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-
324 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3893 7498 3899 7498 3905 7494 3906 7473
3904 7474 3902 7478 3900 7478 3894 7486
3892 7493 3892 7497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 278DEG 16KT 3890 7462
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Jun 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 32 min | |
| Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 76 min |
| Jun 27, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 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.