Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Jackson Twp, NJ | VARYING FROM ONE QUARTER INCH UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER |
| Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Jackson Twp, NJ | MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 40-50 MPH |
| Jul 3, 5:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jackson Twp, NJ | MANY LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND SOME WIRES DOWN IN JACKSON TWP |
| Jul 3, 5:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Jackson Twp, NJ | |
| Jul 3, 6:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Manchester Twp, NJ | NUMEROUS 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 9:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 82 min |
| Jul 3, 11:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean and 3 more | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 68 min |
| Jul 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 72 min |
| Jul 3, 3:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 94 min | |
| Jul 3, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.