Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Aug 10, 2008, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2008, 4:10 PM EDT

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Ocean County, NJ

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS51 KPHI 101946
SVRPHI
NJC029-102045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0231.080810T1946Z-080810T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 338 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
  BEACH HAVEN WEST...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARNEGAT LIGHT AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF FORKED RIVER BY 400 PM...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3977 7408 3962 7416 3954 7424 3954 7432
      3956 7431 3955 7426 3957 7425 3959 7426
      3958 7431 3978 7428 3985 7414 3976 7418
      3972 7415 3975 7412 3977 7415 3978 7412
      3980 7413 3981 7410 3986 7410 3988 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 248DEG 18KT 3969 7416

$$

RNS

000 
WWUS51 KPHI 102010
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
410 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

NJC029-102020-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-080810T2045Z/
OCEAN NJ-
410 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING TO BE ISSUED HAS WEAKENED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

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 3962 7416 3954 7424 3954 7432
      3956 7431 3955 7426 3957 7425 3959 7426
      3958 7431 3978 7428 3985 7414 3976 7418
      3972 7415 3975 7412 3977 7415 3978 7412
      3980 7413 3981 7410 3986 7410 3988 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 248DEG 18KT 3973 7402

$$

RNS

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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.