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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2011Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 5:31 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 22, 2011, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2011-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 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 2011-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

783 
WFUS51 KPHI 222131
TORPHI
NJC025-029-222200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0011.110622T2131Z-110622T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
531 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 527 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR CASSVILLE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  JACKSON BY 535 PM EDT...
  JACKSONS MILLS BY 545 PM EDT...
  FREEWOOD ACRES BY 555 PM EDT...
  ADELPHIA...WEST FREEHOLD...HOWELL AND EAST FREEHOLD BY 600 PM
  EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 4036 7426 4020 7406 4003 7430 4012 7450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 226DEG 17KT 4010 7440

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
341 
WWUS51 KPHI 222156
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
556 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

NJC025-029-222206-
/O.EXP.KPHI.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110622T2200Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
556 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...

RADAR NO LONGER INDICATED ANY ROTATION...AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE 
WEAKENING SOMEWHAT AS THEY LIFTED NORTH THROUGH MONMOUTH COUNTY. 


LAT...LON 4036 7426 4020 7406 4003 7430 4012 7450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 226DEG 17KT 4018 7429

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 22, 8:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex36 min
Jun 22, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex44 min
Jun 22, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean53 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer61 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean61 min
Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex66 min
Jun 22, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem58 min
Jun 22, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren53 min
Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset66 min
Jun 22, 4:53 PM EDTTornado WarningPHISussex, Warren37 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren34 min
Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.