Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 16, 2008Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 6:59 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2008, 7:35 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 7:12 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 65Middletown, NJ60 TO 65 MH WIND GUST IN MIDDLETOWN ALONG WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL.
Jun 16, 7:12 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Middletown, NJ3/4 INCH HAIL IN MIDDLETOWN ALONG WITH 60-65 MPH WINDS.
Jun 16, 7:14 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMiddletown, NJTREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN.
Jun 16, 7:14 PM EDTHAIL 0.51 E Oceanport, NJMARBLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN FORT MONMOUTH

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2008-06-16Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 162300
SVRPHI
NJC025-162345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0091.080616T2259Z-080616T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
659 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MORGANVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF PERTH AMBOY...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER
  WEST-CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLMDEL BY 705 PM...
  MIDDLETOWN...LINCROFT AND 9 MILES NORTH OF TINTON FALLS BY 715
  PM...
  MIDDLETOWN AND KEANSBURG BY 720 PM...
  RED BANK BY 725 PM...
  9 MILES NORTH OF LONG BRANCH BY 730 PM...
  SANDY HOOK AND HIGHLANDS BY 740 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 4016 7401 4018 7433 4031 7435 4042 7423
      4045 7415 4046 7413 4044 7409 4041 7400
      4047 7402 4047 7399 4042 7396 4034 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 252DEG 16KT 4038 7423

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 162325
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
725 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

NJC025-162345-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-080616T2345Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-
725 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...

AT 718 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 RED BANK...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERTH AMBOY...MOVING
EAST AT 21 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONMOUTH BEACH...RUMSON...LONG BRANCH AND HIGHLANDS BY 730 PM
  EDT...
  SEA BRIGHT BY 735 PM EDT...

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 4034 7396 4025 7398 4028 7416 4044 7419
      4046 7413 4044 7409 4041 7400 4046 7402
      4048 7401 4048 7400 4045 7397 4039 7395
      4034 7395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 271DEG 18KT 4035 7403

$$

RNS
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 162335
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
735 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

NJC025-162345-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-080616T2345Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-
735 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AS THEY MOVED OVER FAIR HAVEN... 
RUMSON...NAVESINK...MONMOUTH BEACH...AND SEA BRIGHT.

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 4034 7396 4025 7398 4028 7416 4044 7419
      4046 7413 4044 7409 4041 7400 4046 7402
      4048 7401 4048 7400 4045 7397 4039 7395
      4034 7395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 271DEG 18KT 4035 7396

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem31 min
Jun 16, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI48 min
Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem24 min
Jun 16, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland67 min
Jun 16, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI27 min
Jun 16, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren37 min
Jun 16, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland57 min
Jun 16, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset44 min
Jun 16, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jun 16, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI39 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.