Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2008, 12:38 AM EDT for 7 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 67 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
- Jun 30, 2008, 12:38 AM EDT (04:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2008, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 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.
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 29, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 2674 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 15.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 300439
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-007-011-015-029-033-300545-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0119.080630T0438Z-080630T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1238 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 1234 AM EDT...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 7 MILES NORTH OF ROSENHAYN TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF LONGPORT...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINELAND TO 42
MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINELAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
VICTORY LAKES...MAYS LANDING...LONGPORT AND FOLSOM BY 1245 AM...
VENTNOR CITY...POMONA...ELWOOD AND ATLANTIC CITY BY 1250 AM...
HAMMONTON AND EGG HARBOR CITY BY 1255 AM...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY
MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM
MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.
LAT...LON 3951 7425 3950 7432 3953 7434 3953 7441
3949 7439 3948 7430 3945 7430 3935 7441
3929 7453 3930 7456 3928 7473 3932 7487
3925 7490 3947 7521 3989 7464 3965 7416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 232DEG 50KT 3961 7511 3908 7438
$$
SZATKOWSKIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 117 min | |
| Jun 29, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jun 30, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 78 min |
| Jun 30, 1:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.