Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2008, 7:56 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 8, 2008, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sussex County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Branchville, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 082357
SVRPHI
NJC037-090100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0048.080608T2356Z-080609T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
756 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 754 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 8 MILES
WEST OF HAINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 37 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HAINESVILLE BY 805 PM...
BRANCHVILLE BY 815 PM...
PELLETTOWN BY 820 PM...
SUSSEX BY 825 PM...
HAMBURG...FRANKLIN AND OGDENSBURG BY 830 PM...
HIGHLAND LAKE BY 835 PM...
LAT...LON 4120 7437 4097 7464 4093 7464 4091 7466
4110 7499 4115 7491 4128 7483 4130 7480
4131 7480 4134 7475 4135 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 298DEG 32KT 4128 7493
$$
KRUZDLO1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 090047
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
847 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
NJC037-090100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-080609T0100Z/
SUSSEX NJ-
847 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR SUSSEX COUNTY...
AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR OGDENSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 36 MPH.
LAT...LON 4120 7437 4097 7464 4093 7464 4091 7466
4102 7486 4105 7485 4109 7478 4112 7475
4118 7465 4128 7457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 310DEG 31KT 4101 7450
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 44 min |
Nearby
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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.