Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 287, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2011, 3:08 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 67 min. 4 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
- Aug 21, 2011, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cream Ridge, NJ | TREES DOWN IN CREAM RIDGE |
| Aug 21, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Upper Freehold Twp, NJ | TREE LIMBS DOWN ON WIRES IN UPPER FREEHOLD |
| Aug 21, 3:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cream Ridge, NJ | SEVERAL TREES... TELEPHONE POLES... AND WIRES DOWN ALONG BURLINGTON PATH ROAD |
| Aug 21, 3:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | Cream Ridge, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 874 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KPHI 211908
SVRPHI
NJC005-021-023-025-029-212015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0287.110821T1908Z-110821T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
308 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHWESTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 305 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
BURLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
JOBSTOWN AROUND 320 PM EDT...
GEORGETOWN AROUND 325 PM EDT...
WRIGHTSTOWN AROUND 330 PM EDT...
CREAM RIDGE AROUND 340 PM EDT...
WOODRUFF AND SIX FLAGS THEME PARK AROUND 350 PM EDT...
CASSVILLE AROUND 355 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.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4033 7428 3981 7430 3984 7491 4028 7455
4032 7467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 271DEG 24KT 4007 7481
$$
IOVINO1 follow-up statement
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WWUS51 KPHI 211946
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011
NJC005-021-023-025-029-212015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0287.000000T0000Z-110821T2015Z/
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
346 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN BURLINGTON...NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...SOUTHWESTERN
MONMOUTH...SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTIES...
AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NEW EGYPT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WOODRUFF AND SIX FLAGS THEME PARK BY 355 PM EDT...
CASSVILLE BY 405 PM EDT...
LAKEHURST AND JACKSONS MILLS BY 410 PM EDT...
JACKSON BY 415 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4033 7428 3981 7430 3984 7491 4028 7455
4032 7467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 270DEG 22KT 4006 7453
$$
IOVINOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 3:24 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 30 hr | |
| Aug 21, 3:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 10:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Aug 21, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 83 min | |
| Aug 21, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 2:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer | 117 min |
| Aug 21, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 83 min | |
| Aug 21, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Aug 21, 4:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 63 min |
| Aug 21, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 6:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 111 min |
| Aug 21, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Aug 21, 7:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 115 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.