Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 4:59 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 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 16, 2008, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 16, 5:07 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Rosenhayn, NJ | PENNY SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF ROSENHAYN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 162100 SVRPHI NJC011-033-162130- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0081.080616T2059Z-080616T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 459 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... EASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 454 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 NEAR SHILOH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF VINELAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SEABROOK FARMS BY 505 PM... ROSENHAYN AND OLIVET BY 515 PM... 7 MILES NORTH OF MILLVILLE BY 520 PM... SOUTH VINELAND BY 525 PM... VINELAND BY 530 PM... THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE WATER IS CROSSING THE ROAD. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. LAT...LON 3958 7511 3941 7490 3933 7529 3949 7540 TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 249DEG 20KT 3944 7525 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 162111
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
511 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
NJC011-033-162130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-080616T2130Z/
SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
511 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTIES...
AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BRIDGETON...OR 11 MILES WEST OF VINELAND...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTH OF MILLVILLE BY 520 PM EDT...
SOUTH VINELAND BY 525 PM EDT...
VINELAND BY 530 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3941 7490 3933 7529 3936 7531 3937 7532
3938 7532 3939 7533 3943 7536 3956 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 249DEG 20KT 3946 7517
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 48 min | |
| Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 27 min | |
| Jun 16, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 39 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.