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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 1, 2011Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2011, 4:31 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
Jun 1, 2011, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 5:15 PM EDTHAIL 1Manalapan, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 12:58 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2011-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 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 2011-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-625 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

101 
WUUS51 KPHI 012031
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-012130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0083.110601T2031Z-110601T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
431 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 429 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
  IMLAYSTOWN...OR 10 MILES EAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARKSBURG...SIX FLAGS THEME PARK AND ROOSEVELT AROUND 440 PM
  EDT...
  SIX FLAGS THEME PARK AND CASSVILLE AROUND 445 PM EDT...
  JACKSONS MILLS AND WEST FREEHOLD AROUND 455 PM EDT...
  FREEWOOD ACRES AND ADELPHIA AROUND 500 PM EDT...
  HOWELL AROUND 505 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4014 7402 4006 7403 4007 7456 4016 7462
      4018 7460 4017 7458 4021 7455 4023 7449
      4025 7448 4025 7444 4028 7440 4031 7397
      4027 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 268DEG 29KT 4017 7455

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
863 
WWUS51 KPHI 012127
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
527 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011

NJC025-029-012137-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110601T2130Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
527 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OCEAN AND SOUTHERN
MONMOUTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING 
FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 

LAT...LON 4014 7402 4006 7403 4007 7456 4016 7462
      4018 7460 4017 7458 4021 7455 4023 7449
      4025 7448 4025 7444 4028 7440 4031 7397
      4027 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 268DEG 29KT 4018 7396

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren63 min
Jun 1, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren16 min
Jun 1, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex64 min
Jun 1, 4:00 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI35 hr
Jun 1, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren40 min
Jun 1, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset45 min
Jun 1, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth61 min
Jun 1, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem67 min
Jun 1, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Jun 1, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean64 min
Jun 1, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 1, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean43 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.