Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 24, 2011Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2011, 2:01 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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 24, 2011, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2011, 2:44 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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 24, 2:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBarnegat, NJPOWER OUTAGE OF 2000 TO 5000

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 24, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2011-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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.

046 
WUUS51 KPHI 241801
SVRPHI
NJC029-241900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0126.110624T1801Z-110624T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
201 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BARNEGAT...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HARVEY CEDARS AROUND 210 PM EDT...
  FORKED RIVER AROUND 215 PM EDT...
  BARNEGAT LIGHT AROUND 220 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 GREATEST KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3978 7408 3966 7414 3964 7419 3964 7428
      3980 7430 3983 7415 3976 7418 3972 7415
      3975 7412 3977 7415 3977 7412 3980 7413
      3981 7410 3984 7410 3985 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 259DEG 12KT 3974 7420

$$

SZATKOWSKI
1 follow-up statement
916 
WWUS51 KPHI 241844
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
244 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

NJC029-241853-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-110624T1900Z/
OCEAN NJ-
244 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC 
WATERS.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3978 7408 3966 7414 3964 7419 3964 7428
      3980 7430 3983 7415 3976 7418 3972 7415
      3975 7412 3977 7415 3977 7412 3980 7413
      3981 7410 3984 7410 3985 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 259DEG 12KT 3977 7402

$$

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 11:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren62 min
Jun 24, 12:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren112 min
Jun 24, 12:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren66 min
Jun 24, 12:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren2 hr
Jun 24, 1:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset53 min
Jun 24, 1:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Passaic11 hr
Jun 24, 3:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more16 hr
Jun 24, 5:48 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris10 hr
Jun 24, 11:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth93 min
Jun 24, 12:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Jun 24, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean26 min
Jun 24, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean58 min
Jun 24, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Jun 24, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon57 min
Jun 24, 2:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIOcean119 min
Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset60 min
Jun 24, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean57 min
Jun 24, 3:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIOcean2 hr
Jun 24, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset55 min
Jun 24, 4:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset2 hr
Jun 24, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset72 min
Jun 24, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI117 min
Jun 24, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon63 min
Jun 24, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren62 min
Jun 24, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean38 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.