Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2012, 11:11 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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, 11:11 PM EDT (03:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2012, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cape May County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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, 11:21 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Wildwood, NJ | |
| Jun 7, 11:28 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Wildwood, NJ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
552
WUUS51 KPHI 080311
SVRPHI
NJC009-080415-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0029.120608T0311Z-120608T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1111 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAPE MAY...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH WILDWOOD...
OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE MAY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH WILDWOOD...WILDWOOD AND WILDWOOD CREST AROUND 1120 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.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES GREATEST KILLERS.
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 3897 7493 3912 7476 3909 7472 3899 7478
3893 7487 3893 7490
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 314DEG 9KT 3902 7482
$$
MEOLA2 follow-up statements
534
WWUS51 KPHI 080326
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1126 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
NJC009-080415-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120608T0415Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-
1126 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CAPE MAY COUNTY...
AT 1124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH
WILDWOOD...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE MAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 7490 3907 7480 3904 7475 3899 7478
3895 7485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 314DEG 9KT 3899 7479
$$
MEOLA331
WWUS51 KPHI 080345
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1145 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
NJC009-080354-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120608T0415Z/
CAPE MAY NJ-
1145 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CAPE MAY COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OFFSHORE. THEREFORE THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN 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 3898 7490 3907 7480 3904 7475 3899 7478
3895 7485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 314DEG 9KT 3896 7475
$$
MEOLAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 53 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.