Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 8, 2008Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2008, 10:38 AM EST for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2008, 10:38 AM EST (15:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2008, 11:15 AM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 2008-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 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 081538
SVRPHI
NJC005-029-081615-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0009.080308T1538Z-080308T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1038 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1115 AM EST

* AT 1035 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW GRETNA...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WARREN GROVE AND PENN STATE FOREST BY 1045 AM EST...
  BROOKVILLE AND OCEAN ACRES BY 1050 AM EST...
  BAMBER LAKE BY 1055 AM EST...
  BEACHWOOD AND HOLIDAY CITY BY 1100 AM EST...
  LEISURE VILLAGE AND PLEASANT PLAINS BY 1105 AM EST...
  BRICK TOWNSHIP BY 1110 AM EST...

THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3996 7405 3990 7412 3953 7436 3953 7441
      3955 7443 3954 7447 3959 7457 3960 7458
      4014 7427 4010 7424 4009 7416 4013 7411
      4009 7407 4010 7402 4007 7401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 206DEG 56KT 3963 7443

$$

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 4:40 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more27 hr
Mar 8, 12:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem4 hr
Mar 8, 12:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren5 hr
Mar 8, 1:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHISomerset31 hr
Mar 8, 1:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Morris, Passaic4 days
Mar 8, 1:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Passaic4 days
Mar 8, 1:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIPassaic44 hr
Mar 8, 1:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Passaic44 hr
Mar 8, 1:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIBergen, Morris, Passaic21 hr
Mar 8, 1:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset25 hr
Mar 8, 1:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris65 hr
Mar 8, 3:58 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more6 hr
Mar 8, 4:09 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Somerset5 hr
Mar 8, 4:09 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Somerset5 hr
Mar 8, 4:09 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Passaic5 hr
Mar 8, 4:09 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris25 hr
Mar 8, 4:28 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset17 hr
Mar 8, 5:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester46 min
Mar 8, 5:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren41 min
Mar 8, 6:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset57 min
Mar 8, 6:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex62 min
Mar 8, 6:51 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHISomerset10 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.