Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2008, 1:12 AM EDT for Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 78 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, 1:12 AM EDT (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2008, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 78 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 300514
SVRPHI
NJC005-025-029-300630-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0120.080630T0512Z-080630T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
112 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT
* AT 109 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 TABERNACLE TO BEACH HAVEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN TO 42 MILES EAST OF VINELAND...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PEMBERTON...WARREN GROVE...SURF CITY AND PRESIDENTIAL LAKES BY 120
AM...
BROWNS MILLS...OLD HALFWAY...BROOKVILLE AND HARVEY CEDARS BY 125
AM...
WHITING AND BAMBER LAKE BY 130 AM...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND HAVE
RESULTED IN POWER OUTAGES IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MONDAY
MORNING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4034 7396 4003 7404 3981 7407 3968 7412
3951 7425 3950 7431 3993 7497 4043 7405
4041 7400 4045 7401 4046 7399 4045 7397
4034 7395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 228DEG 45KT 3984 7472 3955 7418
$$
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, 12:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 1:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.