Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2008, 1:47 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 29, 2008, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2008, 2:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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 29, 1:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Union Beach, NJ | DIME TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN HAZLET. |
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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 291747
SVRPHI
NJC023-025-291830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0112.080629T1747Z-080629T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
147 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
EAST CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 146 PM 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
MATAWAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERTH AMBOY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
KEANSBURG BY 155 PM...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDY HOOK BY 210 PM...
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 4028 7420 4040 7437 4050 7426 4047 7426
4044 7420 4046 7418 4045 7415 4046 7413
4044 7409 4041 7401 4042 7400 4047 7402
4048 7400 4044 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 225DEG 24KT 4040 7420
$$
SZATKOWSKI1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 291816
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
215 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008
NJC023-025-291825-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-080629T1830Z/
MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-
215 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH AND EAST
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE
WARNED AREA. THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4028 7420 4040 7437 4050 7426 4047 7426
4044 7420 4046 7418 4045 7415 4046 7413
4044 7409 4041 7401 4042 7400 4047 7402
4048 7400 4044 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 225DEG 24KT 4053 7403
$$
SZATKOWSKIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 118 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.