Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 5:53 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Morris County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports 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, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 6:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Califon, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN CALIFON. |
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Califon, NJ | PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN CALIFON. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 162153
SVRPHI
NJC019-027-041-162230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0086.080616T2153Z-080616T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
553 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 550 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
HARMONY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GLEN GARDNER BY 600 PM...
HIGH BRIDGE BY 605 PM...
CALIFON BY 610 PM...
8 MILES SOUTH OF HACKETTSTOWN BY 615 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 4087 7483 4078 7480 4068 7475 4065 7492
4061 7517 4076 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 262DEG 28KT 4072 7501
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 162214
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
613 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
NJC019-027-041-162230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-080616T2230Z/
WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
613 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN HUNTERDON...SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS AND SOUTHERN WARREN
COUNTIES...
AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CALIFON...MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4087 7483 4078 7480 4068 7475 4065 7492
4061 7517 4076 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 262DEG 28KT 4074 7481
$$The 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, 5:38 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, 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
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.