Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 1:28 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 20 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
- Jun 22, 2008, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 1:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Morris County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 221728
SVRPHI
NJC027-221830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0098.080622T1728Z-080622T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
128 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 124 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
MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF NEWARK...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
EAST HANOVER AND PARSIPPANY BY 155 PM...
BOONTON BY 210 PM...
PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP BY 230 PM...
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.
LAT...LON 4089 7433 4085 7431 4078 7437 4075 7436
4068 7444 4072 7453 4075 7456 4074 7459
4078 7467 4101 7434 4099 7429 4096 7427
4092 7428 4089 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 219DEG 12KT 4077 7446
$$
RNS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 221748
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
147 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
NJC027-221757-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-080622T1830Z/
MORRIS NJ-
147 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4089 7433 4085 7431 4078 7437 4075 7436
4068 7444 4072 7453 4075 7456 4074 7459
4078 7467 4101 7434 4099 7429 4096 7427
4092 7428 4089 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 219DEG 12KT 4082 7441
$$
RNSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.