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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 14, 2008Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2008, 9:03 PM EDT for Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 57 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 14, 2008, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 9:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGJackson, NJTREES 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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 150103
SVRPHI
NJC005-025-029-150200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0074.080615T0103Z-080615T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
903 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 900 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 CEDAR GLEN LAKES...OR ABOUT
  24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKEHURST BY 915 PM...
  HOLIDAY CITY AND JACKSON BY 920 PM...
  JACKSON BY 925 PM...
  PLEASANT PLAINS BY 930 PM...
  LEISURE VILLAGE AND LAKEWOOD BY 940 PM...
  BRICK TOWNSHIP BY 950 PM...

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4013 7402 4007 7401 3975 7410 3976 7415
      3978 7412 3980 7413 3982 7410 3992 7409
      3976 7418 3980 7458 4013 7474 4017 7468
      4013 7460 4018 7461 4017 7457 4023 7449
      4027 7435 4028 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 258DEG 17KT 4000 7440

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jun 14, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset55 min
Jun 14, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth52 min
Jun 14, 8:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth3 hr
Jun 14, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 14, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jun 14, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May64 min
Jun 14, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 15, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 15, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland54 min
Jun 15, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 15, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth25 min
Jun 15, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Jun 15, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 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.