Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 5, 2011Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT for Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2011-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 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.

571 
WUUS51 KPHI 051500
SVRPHI
NJC005-025-029-051530-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0015.110405T1500Z-110405T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1100 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WEST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 1059 AM 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 MOUNT HOLLY...OR 17 MILES
  SOUTH OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PEMBERTON...JOBSTOWN...LEISURETOWNE AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN
  AROUND 1105 AM EDT...
  WRIGHTSTOWN AROUND 1110 AM EDT...
  BROWNS MILLS AND PRESIDENTIAL LAKES AROUND 1115 AM EDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF WOODRUFF AROUND 1120 AM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF OLD HALFWAY AROUND 1125 AM 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.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING. DO NOT
WAIT FOR THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE
A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4007 7438 3980 7444 3988 7488 4011 7473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 275DEG 35KT 3998 7475

$$

TFG
1 follow-up statement
901 
WWUS51 KPHI 051515
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1115 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

NJC005-025-029-051530-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110405T1530Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
1115 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BURLINGTON...WEST CENTRAL OCEAN AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
MONMOUTH COUNTIES...

AT 1111 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MCGUIRE AFB TO 6 MILES WEST OF 
PRESIDENTIAL LAKES...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF TRENTON TO 22 MILES SOUTH OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 
40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODRUFF...PRESIDENTIAL LAKES AND COUNTRY LAKE ESTATES BY 1120 AM
  EDT...
  OLD HALFWAY BY 1130 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 3992 7468 4010 7465 4007 7438 3980 7444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 275DEG 35KT 4009 7454 3990 7463

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 5:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem74 min
Apr 5, 5:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren62 min
Apr 5, 6:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more55 min
Apr 5, 6:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset and 1 more60 min
Apr 5, 6:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland63 min
Apr 5, 7:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris55 min
Apr 5, 7:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean53 min
Apr 5, 8:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren65 min
Apr 5, 9:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Warren53 min
Apr 5, 10:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem44 min
Apr 5, 10:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland40 min
Apr 5, 10:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset60 min
Apr 5, 10:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Apr 5, 10:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Salem19 min
Apr 5, 10:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex and 2 more92 min
Apr 5, 11:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Apr 5, 11:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Apr 5, 2:57 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI27 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.