Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 7:40 AM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 65 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
- Aug 2, 2008, 7:40 AM EDT (11:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cape May County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 7:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Villas, NJ | TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN IN VILLAS. |
| Aug 2, 7:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cape May Court House, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR COURT HOUSE RD AND DENNISVILLE RD IN CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE. TREES WIRE DOWN ON INDIAN TRAIL RD AS WELL. |
| Aug 2, 7:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dennisville, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN DENNIS TWP ON RT 47. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 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
- 330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 021140
SVRPHI
NJC009-021245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0194.080802T1140Z-080802T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
740 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 845 AM EDT
* AT 738 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEN CREEK...OR
ABOUT NEAR CAPE MAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RIO GRANDE AND WILDWOOD CREST BY 745 AM...
NORTH WILDWOOD...WILDWOOD...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE AND 8 MILES SOUTH
OF GOSHEN BY 750 AM...
STONE HARBOR AND SCOTCH BONNET BY 755 AM...
AVALON BY 800 AM...
8 MILES SOUTH OF SEA ISLE CITY BY 805 AM...
LAT...LON 3893 7498 3899 7498 3911 7490 3915 7490
3917 7492 3932 7487 3930 7483 3926 7460
3895 7483 3892 7490 3892 7497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1140Z 262DEG 25KT 3902 7490
$$
JJM1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 021201
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
801 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
NJC009-021245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0194.000000T0000Z-080802T1245Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-
800 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT
FOR CAPE MAY COUNTY...
AT 759 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR DENNISVILLE...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE MAY...MOVING
EAST AT 29 MPH.
DOWN TREES FROM THIS STORM HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM VILLAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SEA ISLE CITY AND SEAVILLE BY 805 AM EDT...
MARMORA BY 815 AM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE
WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3922 7463 3921 7462 3919 7466 3918 7465
3914 7469 3898 7480 3894 7487 3916 7492
3930 7488 3931 7486 3929 7478 3926 7460
3925 7460
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 262DEG 25KT 3917 7476
$$
RNSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Aug 2, 7:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 115 min | |
| Aug 2, 8:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 119 min | |
| Aug 2, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 24 min | |
| Aug 2, 10:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 62 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 26 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.