Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2008, 2:10 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 10, 2008, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 10:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 101810
SVRPHI
NJC029-101900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0227.080810T1810Z-080810T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
210 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 208 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
BARNEGAT...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SURF CITY BY 215 PM...
BARNEGAT BY 220 PM...
HARVEY CEDARS BY 225 PM...
FORKED RIVER AND BARNEGAT LIGHT BY 235 PM...
8 MILES SOUTH OF SEASIDE HEIGHTS BY 300 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 700 PM SUNDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3994 7406 3993 7405 3991 7406 3981 7407
3968 7412 3968 7413 3966 7414 3959 7436
3995 7440 4001 7404 3998 7405 3997 7404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 242DEG 15KT 3973 7426
$$
RNS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KPHI 101827
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
227 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
NJC029-101900-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-080810T1900Z/
OCEAN NJ-
227 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY...
AT 222 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNEGAT...OR 15 MILES
SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BARNEGAT LIGHT BY 230 PM EDT...
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANAHAWKIN FROM A
TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3994 7406 3993 7405 3991 7406 3981 7407
3968 7412 3968 7413 3966 7414 3959 7436
3995 7440 4001 7404 3998 7405 3997 7404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 268DEG 21KT 3974 7415
$$
GORSE000
WWUS51 KPHI 101846
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
246 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
NJC029-101900-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-080810T1900Z/
OCEAN NJ-
246 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY...
AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BARNEGAT LIGHT...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOMS RIVER...
MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3977 7408 3966 7414 3962 7428 3987 7427
3986 7412 3976 7418 3972 7415 3975 7412
3977 7415 3978 7412 3980 7413 3982 7410
3987 7410 3987 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 268DEG 21KT 3974 7399
$$
RNSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Aug 10, 9:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 10:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 11:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 11:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 11:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 95 min |
| Aug 10, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean | 84 min |
| Aug 10, 12:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 115 min |
| Aug 10, 1:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| Aug 10, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| Aug 10, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Aug 10, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 69 min |
| Aug 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Aug 10, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Aug 10, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 67 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.