Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 5:40 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 65 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
- Aug 2, 2008, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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, 5:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brookville, NJ | TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WIRES DOWN IN OCEAN TWP. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 022140
SVRPHI
NJC029-022245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0202.080802T2140Z-080802T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
540 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 539 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
BAMBER LAKE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOMS RIVER...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BEACHWOOD AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORKED RIVER BY 600 PM...
TOMS RIVER AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLEASANT PLAINS BY 605 PM...
SEASIDE HEIGHTS BY 620 PM...
MANTOLOKING BY 635 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4003 7404 4000 7403 3978 7408 3978 7412
3980 7413 3982 7410 3991 7409 3992 7409
3989 7412 3985 7412 3977 7418 3976 7437
3992 7446 4008 7404 4007 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 246DEG 17KT 3987 7432
$$
MPD2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KPHI 022206
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
606 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
NJC029-022245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-080802T2245Z/
OCEAN NJ-
606 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY...
AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAVALLETTE TO
WARETOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TOMS RIVER TO 13 MILES
SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 27 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN OCEAN COUNTY AT 620 PM EDT
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3978 7408 3978 7412 3980 7413 3982 7410
3992 7409 3989 7412 3985 7412 3977 7418
3977 7427 3988 7417 4000 7410 4002 7407
4000 7407 4003 7404 4000 7403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 283DEG 23KT 3996 7407 3977 7421
$$
MPD000
WWUS51 KPHI 022239
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
639 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
NJC029-022249-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-080802T2245Z/
OCEAN NJ-
639 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3978 7408 3978 7412 3980 7413 3982 7410
3992 7409 3989 7412 3985 7412 3977 7418
3977 7427 3988 7417 4000 7410 4002 7407
4000 7407 4003 7404 4000 7403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 283DEG 23KT 3991 7380 3972 7394
$$
MPDThe 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, 7:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 65 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, 5:50 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
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.