Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 7:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 83 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
- Jul 26, 2012, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bordentown, NJ | TREES DOWN |
| Jul 26, 8:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Camden, NJ | *** 1 INJ *** TREE DOWN ON CAR. ONE PERSON TRAPPED. |
| Jul 26, 8:30 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 39 | Seaside Heights, NJ | |
| Jul 26, 8:30 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 44 | Barnegat, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
350
WUUS51 KPHI 262337
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-015-029-270100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0131.120726T2337Z-120727T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
737 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOMS RIVER...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 734 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BECKETT AROUND 745 PM EDT...
SWEDESBORO...RIVERSIDE...PAULSBORO AND PALMYRA AROUND 750 PM EDT...
MULLICA HILL...WEST DEPTFORD...DEPTFORD AND CROSSWICKS AROUND 755
PM EDT...
PITMAN AROUND 800 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE 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 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.
&&
LAT...LON 3975 7409 3950 7430 3963 7465 3973 7473
3951 7499 3978 7543 3985 7533 3988 7515
3997 7512 4013 7482 4013 7474 4018 7471
4014 7459 4008 7455 4017 7441 4017 7426
4011 7423 4010 7415 4013 7411 4009 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 288DEG 49KT 4036 7481 3992 7550
$$
IOVINO1 follow-up statement
604
WWUS51 KPHI 270030
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
830 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
NJC005-007-015-029-270100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-120727T0100Z/
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
830 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR OCEAN...BURLINGTON...GLOUCESTER AND CAMDEN COUNTIES...
AT 826 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POINT PLEASANT TO FORT DIX
TO VOORHEES TO PITMAN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
TABERNACLE...ATCO...SILVERTON AND SILVER RIDGE BY 835 PM EDT...
SICKLERVILLE...SHAMONG...OLD HALFWAY AND BAMBER LAKE BY 840 PM
EDT...
MONROE TOWNSHIP AND FRANKLINVILLE BY 845 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
&&
LAT...LON 3975 7409 3950 7430 3954 7435 3963 7465
3968 7467 3973 7473 3951 7499 3967 7520
3966 7524 3978 7543 3985 7533 3988 7515
4008 7455 4010 7415 4013 7411 4009 7408
4009 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 292DEG 40KT 4010 7404 3970 7532
$$
IOVINOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:26 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 18 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 7:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 74 min |
| Jul 26, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 83 min |
| Jul 26, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 76 min |
| Jul 26, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 89 min | |
| Jul 26, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr |
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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.