Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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
- Aug 3, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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
- 1291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
827 WUUS51 KPHI 032045 SVRPHI NJC025-029-032145- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0153.120803T2045Z-120803T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 445 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 444 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 LAKEWOOD...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF TOMS RIVER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKEWOOD AROUND 505 PM EDT... 6 MILES EAST OF JACKSONS MILLS AROUND 520 PM EDT... FREEWOOD ACRES...HOWELL...FARMINGDALE AND ADELPHIA AROUND 545 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. && LAT...LON 4027 7428 4020 7401 3999 7417 4006 7436 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 199DEG 5KT 4008 7424 $$ HEAVENER
2 follow-up statements
138 WWUS51 KPHI 032106 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 506 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 NJC025-029-032145- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-120803T2145Z/ MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ- 506 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTIES... AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEWOOD...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES EAST OF JACKSONS MILLS BY 515 PM EDT... FREEWOOD ACRES...HOWELL...FARMINGDALE AND ADELPHIA BY 545 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4018 7410 4003 7420 4008 7435 4025 7429 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 199DEG 5KT 4011 7423 $$ HEAVENER
669 WWUS51 KPHI 032137 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 537 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 NJC025-029-032146- /O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-120803T2145Z/ MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ- 537 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT... 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 4018 7410 4003 7420 4008 7435 4025 7429 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 199DEG 5KT 4015 7421 $$ HEAVENER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Gloucester | 101 min |
| Aug 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Mercer | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.