Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 1:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 9 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, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 1:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 311745
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-011-029-311830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0030.080531T1745Z-080531T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
145 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 144 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 WARREN GROVE...OR ABOUT 25
MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WARREN GROVE BY 150 PM...
OCEAN ACRES AND BROOKVILLE BY 200 PM...
BARNEGAT AND BEACH HAVEN WEST BY 205 PM...
HARVEY CEDARS...FORKED RIVER AND 6 MILES NORTH OF SURF CITY BY 210
PM...
BARNEGAT LIGHT BY 215 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 3981 7407 3968 7412 3951 7425 3950 7432
3953 7434 3953 7441 3949 7439 3949 7433
3947 7429 3935 7441 3930 7451 3946 7497
3976 7441 3988 7452 3998 7410 3996 7409
3999 7404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 263DEG 34KT 3973 7446
$$
RNS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 311754
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
155 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
NJC001-005-011-029-311805-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080531T1830Z/
CUMBERLAND NJ-OCEAN NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
155 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...
ATLANTIC...SOUTHERN OCEAN AND NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD THREATENED THE AREA HAS SHIFTED OFF
TO THE EAST WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3981 7407 3968 7412 3951 7425 3950 7432
3953 7434 3953 7441 3949 7439 3949 7433
3947 7429 3935 7441 3930 7451 3946 7497
3976 7441 3988 7452 3998 7410 3996 7409
3999 7404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 263DEG 34KT 3974 7436
$$
RNSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden | 42 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.