Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 1:18 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 42 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
- May 31, 2008, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 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 311718 SVRPHI NJC001-005-007-311800- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0028.080531T1718Z-080531T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 118 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 200 PM EDT * AT 117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHESILHURST...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 62 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SHAMONG...TABERNACLE...6 MILES NORTH OF WHARTON STATE FOREST AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF LEISURETOWNE BY 125 PM... CHATSWORTH...PRESIDENTIAL LAKES AND 7 MILES NORTH OF PENN STATE FOREST BY 135 PM... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. LAT...LON 4008 7469 3976 7441 3956 7479 3984 7508 TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 253DEG 54KT 3977 7482 $$ RNS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Ocean | 9 min |
| May 31, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| May 31, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean | 34 min |
| May 31, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| May 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 55 min |
| May 31, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 94 min | |
| May 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 61 min |
| May 31, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.