Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| Jun 22, 8:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 9:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 48 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.