Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 5:44 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 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, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 312144
SVRPHI
NJC037-PAC089-312245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0035.080531T2144Z-080531T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
544 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 540 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 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOULSBORO
STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCRANTON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 48 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SKYTOP AND MOUNTAINHOME BY 600 PM...
CANADENSIS BY 605 PM...
FLATBROOKVILLE BY 625 PM...
FIVE POINTS AND CRANDON LAKES BY 630 PM...
NEWTON AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRANCHVILLE BY 635 PM...
OGDENSBURG BY 645 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.
LAT...LON 4119 7437 4113 7443 4102 7460 4111 7504
4110 7500 4111 7496 4117 7489 4123 7487
4128 7483 4134 7475 4135 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 296DEG 42KT 4133 7549
$$
RNS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 312216
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
615 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
NJC037-PAC089-312245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080531T2245Z/
SUSSEX NJ-MONROE PA-
615 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR MONROE AND SUSSEX COUNTIES...
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF SKYTOP...OR
32 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCRANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 48 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FLATBROOKVILLE BY 625 PM EDT...
FIVE POINTS AND CRANDON LAKES BY 630 PM EDT...
NEWTON AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRANCHVILLE BY 635 PM EDT...
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELLETTOWN BY 640 PM EDT...
OGDENSBURG AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN BY 645 PM EDT...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4119 7437 4113 7443 4102 7460 4111 7504
4110 7500 4111 7496 4117 7489 4123 7487
4128 7483 4134 7475 4135 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 296DEG 42KT 4117 7506
$$
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, 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, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.