Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 5:38 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 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, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Woodbine, NJ | 50 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED IN WOODBINE ALONG WITH PEA SIZED HAIL. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 162139
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-011-162245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0085.080616T2138Z-080616T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
538 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 530 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
FAIRTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINELAND...AND MOVING EAST
AT 31 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDEFRSTORMS WERE ALSO FORMING OVER DELAWARE
AND WILL AFFECT AREAS JUST SOUTH OF WHERE THE INITIAL THUNDERSTORM
MOVES.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAUREL LAKE AND SOUTH VINELAND BY 545 PM...
CUMBERLAND BY 555 PM...
ESTELL MANOR BY 610 PM...
MAYS LANDING BY 615 PM...
ENGLISH CREEK BY 620 PM...
POMONA BY 635 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...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.
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 3937 7439 3930 7452 3930 7455 3928 7454
3922 7463 3920 7518 3923 7518 3929 7528
3945 7535 3947 7511 3945 7508 3948 7507
3954 7448 3951 7439 3949 7439 3947 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 266DEG 27KT 3937 7509
$$
RNS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KPHI 162215
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
615 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
NJC001-009-011-162245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-080616T2245Z/
CUMBERLAND NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
615 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN ATLANTIC...NORTHERN CAPE MAY AND SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND
COUNTIES...
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MAYS LANDING TO BIVALVE...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES EAST OF VINELAND TO 19 MILES
SOUTH OF VINELAND...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ESTELL MANOR BY 620 PM EDT...
BELLEPLAIN AND ELDORA BY 625 PM EDT...
POMONA...ENGLISH CREEK...WOODBINE AND CORBIN CITY BY 635 PM EDT...
PORT REPUBLIC BY 640 PM EDT...
SOMERS POINT AND LINWOOD BY 645 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3936 7441 3930 7452 3930 7455 3928 7455
3922 7463 3920 7518 3923 7518 3933 7505
3951 7476 3954 7448 3949 7438 3949 7439
3947 7430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 266DEG 27KT 3944 7472 3920 7502
$$
MPD000
WWUS51 KPHI 162237
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
637 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
NJC001-009-011-162245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-080616T2245Z/
CUMBERLAND NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
637 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC...NORTHERN CAPE MAY AND SOUTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 630 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CORBIN CITY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING EAST AT 27 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LONGPORT...LINWOOD...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARGATE CITY AND 7 MILES
SOUTH OF NORTHFIELD BY 645 PM EDT...
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.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE
WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD.
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 3936 7440 3930 7452 3930 7455 3928 7455
3922 7462 3921 7493 3943 7473 3954 7448
3949 7438 3949 7439 3949 7435 3948 7436
3947 7430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 253DEG 23KT 3926 7465
$$
RNSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 31 min |
| 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, 5:48 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.