Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2012, 10:47 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 5, 2012, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Englishtown, NJ | LARGE TREE LIMB BROKEN |
| Aug 5, 11:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Sandy Hook, NJ | |
| Aug 5, 11:00 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 70 | Sandy Hook, NJ | |
| Aug 5, 11:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Ocean Grove, NJ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
275
WUUS51 KPHI 060247
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-060330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0174.120806T0247Z-120806T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1047 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANDY HOOK...
NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1044 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
WEST FREEHOLD...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
EAST FREEHOLD...MARLBORO...HOWELL AND FARMINGDALE AROUND 1055 PM
EDT...
COLLINGWOOD PARK AND HOLMDEL AROUND 1100 PM EDT...
TINTON FALLS AND LINCROFT AROUND 1105 PM EDT...
RED BANK AROUND 1110 PM EDT...
LONG BRANCH AROUND 1115 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 4019 7399 4012 7441 4027 7443 4028 7439
4041 7425 4043 7425 4046 7421 4046 7412
4043 7406 4042 7401 4048 7402 4048 7400
4047 7398 4036 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 253DEG 32KT 4024 7430
$$
IOVINO2 follow-up statements
059
WWUS51 KPHI 060310
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1110 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
NJC029-060320-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-120806T0330Z/
OCEAN NJ-
1110 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4019 7399 4015 7426 4017 7426 4017 7429
4034 7432 4046 7421 4046 7412 4042 7402
4044 7400 4048 7402 4048 7400 4045 7398
4036 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 253DEG 32KT 4030 7404
$$
NJC025-060330-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-120806T0330Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-
1110 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...
AT 1105 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 TINTON FALLS...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDY HOOK...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LONG BRANCH...MONMOUTH BEACH...ELBERON AND RUMSON BY 1115 PM EDT...
SEA BRIGHT...6 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHLANDS AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF SANDY
HOOK BY 1120 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 4019 7399 4015 7426 4017 7426 4017 7429
4034 7432 4046 7421 4046 7412 4042 7402
4044 7400 4048 7402 4048 7400 4045 7398
4036 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 253DEG 32KT 4030 7404
$$
HAYES931
WWUS51 KPHI 060327
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1127 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
NJC025-060337-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-120806T0330Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-
1127 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4019 7399 4015 7426 4017 7426 4017 7429
4034 7432 4046 7421 4046 7412 4042 7402
4044 7400 4048 7402 4048 7400 4045 7398
4036 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 253DEG 32KT 4034 7385
$$
HAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Aug 5, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Aug 5, 11:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 63 min |
| Aug 6, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 12:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 1:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 1:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| Aug 6, 2:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 67 min |
| Aug 6, 3:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 5:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean | 113 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.