Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 8, 2008Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2008, 4:36 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 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
Jun 8, 2008, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2008, 5:20 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 082037
SVRPHI
NJC037-082130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0046.080608T2036Z-080608T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
436 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 433 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 10
  MILES NORTH OF HAINESVILLE...OR ABOUT 43 MILES EAST OF SCRANTON...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 39 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGH POINT BY 450 PM...
  SUSSEX BY 500 PM...
  VERNON VALLEY AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMBURG BY 505 PM...
  HIGHLAND LAKE BY 510 PM...

LAT...LON 4122 7441 4119 7437 4110 7447 4107 7452
      4127 7484 4134 7475 4134 7473 4135 7470
      4135 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 301DEG 34KT 4138 7480

$$

KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 082120
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
517 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

NJC037-082127-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080608T2130Z/
SUSSEX NJ-
517 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA, THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 4122 7441 4119 7437 4110 7447 4107 7452
      4127 7484 4134 7475 4134 7473 4135 7470
      4135 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 301DEG 34KT 4118 7436

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex64 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.