Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 1:57 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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
- May 31, 2008, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 2:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Brookville, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWNED IN BARNEGAT AND STAFFORD TOWNSHIPS. |
| May 31, 2:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Brookville, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN BARNEGAT AND STAFFORD TOWNSHIPS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 311757
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-009-029-311900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0031.080531T1757Z-080531T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
157 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...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARREN GROVE...OR
ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BARNEGAT AND 8 MILES NORTH OF BEACH HAVEN WEST BY 205 PM...
7 MILES NORTH OF HARVEY CEDARS AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF BEACHWOOD BY
210 PM...
FORKED RIVER AND BARNEGAT LIGHT BY 215 PM...
9 MILES SOUTH OF SEASIDE HEIGHTS BY 220 PM...
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS A REISSUANCE DUE TO THE
ACCIDENTAL CANCELLATION EARLIER.
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 3962 7416 3950 7428 3950 7432
3953 7434 3953 7441 3949 7439 3948 7430
3945 7430 3935 7441 3926 7458 3928 7461
3930 7458 3930 7462 3950 7487 3977 7440
3989 7451 4005 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 259DEG 35KT 3977 7435
$$
RNS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 311831
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
231 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
NJC001-005-009-029-311841-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080531T1900Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-OCEAN NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
231 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...
ATLANTIC...SOUTHERN OCEAN AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST.
LAT...LON 3981 7407 3962 7416 3950 7428 3950 7432
3953 7434 3953 7441 3949 7439 3948 7430
3945 7430 3935 7441 3926 7458 3928 7461
3930 7458 3930 7462 3950 7487 3977 7440
3989 7451 4005 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 259DEG 35KT 3983 7393
$$
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, 1:45 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.