Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 24, 2011Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2011, 7:16 PM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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 24, 2011, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2011, 7:54 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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, 7:40 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 57Woodland Twp, NJ
Jun 24, 7:40 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Woodland Twp, NJ

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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

564 
WUUS51 KPHI 242316
SVRPHI
NJC005-029-250015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0130.110624T2316Z-110625T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHARTON STATE FOREST...OR
  26 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINELAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PENN
  STATE FOREST...CHATSWORTH...PRESIDENTIAL LAKES...OLD HALFWAY...
  BAMBER LAKE...CEDAR GLEN LAKES...WHITING...WOODRUFF...BEACHWOOD AND
  LAKEHURST

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...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
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 7446 3991 7413 3963 7460 3973 7475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 220DEG 23KT 3974 7464

$$

GORSE
2 follow-up statements
812 
WWUS51 KPHI 242345
SVSPHI

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

NJC005-029-250015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-110625T0015Z/
OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
745 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON AND CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO
60 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF 
THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD HALFWAY...OR 15 MILES 
WEST OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAMBER
LAKE...CEDAR GLEN LAKES...WHITING...CRESTWOOD VILLAGE...PINE RIDGE AT
CRESTWOOD...WOODRUFF...HOLIDAY CITY...HOLIDAY HEIGHTS...HOLIDAY CITY
SOUTH...BEACHWOOD...SOUTH TOMS RIVER...LAKEHURST AND SILVER RIDGE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...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 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3974 7443 3985 7465 4009 7446 3991 7413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 220DEG 23KT 3991 7446

$$

GORSE
943 
WWUS51 KPHI 242354
SVSPHI

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

NJC005-029-250003-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-110625T0015Z/
OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
754 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON AND
CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS BEEN SHOWING A WEAKENING 
TREND. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER, LOCALLY 
GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH, LIGHTNING AND DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM.
 
LAT...LON 3974 7443 3985 7465 4009 7446 3991 7413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 220DEG 23KT 3995 7442

$$

GORSE

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, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean43 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.