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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 12, 2011Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2011, 12:24 AM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 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
Sep 12, 2011, 12:24 AM EDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2011, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

976 
WUUS51 KPHI 120424
SVRPHI
NJC029-120530-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0302.110912T0424Z-110912T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1224 AM EDT MON SEP 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOMS RIVER...

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1222 AM 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
  LAKEHURST...OR 9 MILES WEST OF TOMS RIVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PLEASANT PLAINS AND BEACHWOOD AROUND 1240 AM EDT...
  TOMS RIVER AND LEISURE VILLAGE AROUND 1245 AM EDT...
  BRICK TOWNSHIP AROUND 1255 AM EDT...
  SEASIDE HEIGHTS AND MANTOLOKING AROUND 100 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS 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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4003 7404 3996 7404 3992 7406 3987 7406
      3986 7407 3987 7410 3991 7409 3987 7413
      3991 7446 4009 7444 4009 7402 4005 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 275DEG 20KT 4000 7433

$$

MPD
2 follow-up statements
396 
WWUS51 KPHI 120451
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1251 AM EDT MON SEP 12 2011

NJC029-120530-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0302.000000T0000Z-110912T0530Z/
OCEAN NJ-
1251 AM EDT MON SEP 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY...

AT 1247 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SLOWLY WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM THAT STILL HAD THE CAPABILITY OF 
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLIDAY 
CITY-DOVER...OR NEAR TOMS RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRICK TOWNSHIP BY 1255 AM EDT...
  LAVALLETTE...SEASIDE HEIGHTS...SEASIDE PARK AND MANTOLOKING BY 100
  AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4003 7404 3996 7404 3992 7406 3987 7406
      3986 7407 3987 7410 3991 7409 3987 7413
      3990 7437 4009 7427 4009 7402 4005 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 275DEG 20KT 3999 7415

$$

MPD
387 
WWUS51 KPHI 120522
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
122 AM EDT MON SEP 12 2011

NJC029-120532-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0302.000000T0000Z-110912T0530Z/
OCEAN NJ-
122 AM EDT MON SEP 12 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 130 AM EDT...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. 

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.

LAT...LON 4003 7404 3996 7404 3992 7406 3987 7406
      3986 7407 3987 7410 3991 7409 3987 7413
      3990 7437 4009 7427 4009 7402 4005 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 275DEG 20KT 3997 7391

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 10:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISalem107 min
Sep 11, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer83 min
Sep 11, 11:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISalem103 min
Sep 11, 11:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem85 min
Sep 11, 11:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem65 min
Sep 11, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean60 min
Sep 12, 12:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean58 min
Sep 12, 12:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem56 min
Sep 12, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Ocean61 min
Sep 12, 1:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI117 min
Sep 12, 11:05 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester6 hr
Sep 12, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex60 min
Sep 12, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris91 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.