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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2011Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 5:39 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 51 min. 5 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
Jul 3, 2011, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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
Jul 3, 5:45 PM EDTHAIL 1Jackson Twp, NJVARYING FROM ONE QUARTER INCH UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Jackson Twp, NJMARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 40-50 MPH
Jul 3, 5:51 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGJackson Twp, NJMANY LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND SOME WIRES DOWN IN JACKSON TWP
Jul 3, 5:55 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Jackson Twp, NJ
Jul 3, 6:08 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGManchester Twp, NJNUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND SOME WIRES DOWN IN MANCHESTER TWP

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

667 
WUUS51 KPHI 032139
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-032245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0135.110703T2139Z-110703T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
539 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CLARKSBURG...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SIX FLAGS THEME PARK AROUND 545 PM EDT...
  JACKSONS MILLS AROUND 550 PM EDT...
  FREEWOOD ACRES AROUND 555 PM EDT...
  CASSVILLE AROUND 600 PM EDT...
  JACKSON AROUND 610 PM EDT...
  LAKEWOOD AROUND 615 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3997 7411 3992 7441 4022 7446 4026 7420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 339DEG 13KT 4019 7436

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
226 
WWUS51 KPHI 032230
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
630 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

NJC025-029-032240-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-110703T2245Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
630 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OCEAN AND CENTRAL
MONMOUTH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3997 7411 3992 7441 4022 7446 4026 7420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 339DEG 13KT 4002 7427

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 9:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren82 min
Jul 3, 11:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean and 3 more52 min
Jul 3, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex58 min
Jul 3, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex49 min
Jul 3, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren68 min
Jul 3, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren72 min
Jul 3, 3:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren4 hr
Jul 3, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren56 min
Jul 3, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth65 min
Jul 3, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth56 min
Jul 3, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean63 min
Jul 3, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean66 min
Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Jul 3, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic55 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.