Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 4:36 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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 22, 2008, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 4:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | N Howell, NJ | 60 MPH WIND GUST AND PENNY SIZE HAIL |
| Jun 22, 4:57 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Howell, NJ | |
| Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | N Brick Township, NJ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 222036
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-222130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0099.080622T2036Z-080622T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
436 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 431 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
LAKEWOOD...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH OF PERTH AMBOY...AND MOVING EAST
AT 12 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FARMINGDALE AND BRICK TOWNSHIP BY 445 PM...
6 MILES SOUTH OF COLLINGWOOD PARK BY 455 PM...
POINT PLEASANT BEACH BY 505 PM...
MANASQUAN BY 510 PM...
BELMAR BY 520 PM...
ASBURY PARK BY 525 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.
LAT...LON 4026 7397 4023 7399 4020 7399 4016 7401
4010 7403 4009 7401 4007 7402 4004 7425
4015 7435 4037 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 254DEG 10KT 4012 7417
$$
RNS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 222044
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
443 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
NJC025-029-222130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-080622T2130Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
443 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OCEAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTIES...
AT 436 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOWELL TOWNSHIP IN
MONMOUTH COUNTY...OR 28 MILES SOUTH OF PERTH AMBOY...
MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
POINT PLEASANT BY 500 PM EDT...
BRIELLE...POINT PLEASANT BEACH AND BAY HEAD BY 505 PM EDT...
SEA GIRT AND MANASQUAN BY 510 PM EDT...
SPRING LAKE...SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS...SEA GIRT AND WEST BELMAR BY 515
PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE
WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 4026 7397 4023 7399 4020 7399 4018 7400
4010 7403 4009 7401 4007 7402 4005 7422
4015 7435 4037 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 254DEG 10KT 4013 7415
$$
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, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 20 min |
| Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 52 min |
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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.