Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 7, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2012, 7:26 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:50 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Galloway Twp, NJ | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP. HOWEVER SOME PICTURES SHOW THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DEVELOPING WALL CLOUD. |
| Jun 7, 7:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Galloway Twp, NJ | PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP. |
| Jun 7, 7:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Absecon, NJ | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN ABSECON. |
| Jun 7, 7:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Pomona, NJ | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN POMONA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
307
WUUS51 KPHI 072245
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-072345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0028.120607T2245Z-120607T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
645 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY...
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT
REPUBLIC...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
POMONA AROUND 655 PM EDT...
ABSECON AROUND 715 PM EDT...
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLEASANTVILLE AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NORTHFIELD AROUND 720 PM EDT...
9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARGATE CITY AROUND 740 PM EDT...
BRIGANTINE...ATLANTIC CITY AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF VENTNOR CITY
AROUND 745 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY!REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3941 7434 3938 7440 3935 7441 3932 7451
3951 7467 3963 7447 3959 7439 3957 7442
3950 7440 3949 7437 3950 7435 3950 7431
3947 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 317DEG 9KT 3952 7451
$$
GORSE2 follow-up statements
872
WWUS51 KPHI 072303
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
703 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
NJC005-072312-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120607T2345Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-
703 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3941 7434 3938 7440 3935 7441 3932 7451
3951 7467 3956 7445 3954 7444 3955 7443
3955 7441 3950 7440 3949 7437 3950 7431
3947 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 315DEG 16KT 3946 7445
$$
NJC001-072345-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120607T2345Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-
703 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY...
AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ABSECON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH. AT 700 PM, A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
PENNIES NEAR ABSECON.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF VENTNOR CITY AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARGATE
CITY BY 715 PM EDT...
BRIGANTINE AND ATLANTIC CITY BY 720 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3941 7434 3938 7440 3935 7441 3932 7451
3951 7467 3956 7445 3954 7444 3955 7443
3955 7441 3950 7440 3949 7437 3950 7431
3947 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 315DEG 16KT 3946 7445
$$
GORSE475
WWUS51 KPHI 072326
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
726 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
NJC001-072335-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120607T2345Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-
726 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS, THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING IN FROM
THE WEST AND THESE MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3941 7434 3938 7440 3935 7441 3932 7451
3951 7467 3956 7445 3954 7444 3955 7443
3955 7441 3950 7440 3949 7437 3950 7431
3947 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 315DEG 16KT 3939 7436
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:51 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Jun 7, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.