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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2012Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 1:59 PM EDT for Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 73 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 22, 2012, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 3:12 PM EDT
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSouthampton Twp, NJTREE DOWN ON RT 206 NEAR RIDGE RD
Jun 22, 2:19 PM EDTHAIL 11 Ssw Jacobstown, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

173 
WUUS51 KPHI 221759
SVRPHI
NJC005-025-029-221930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0036.120622T1759Z-120622T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
159 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 157 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
  CREAM RIDGE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CREAM RIDGE AROUND 210 PM EDT...
  IMLAYSTOWN AROUND 215 PM EDT...
  SIX FLAGS THEME PARK AND CLARKSBURG AROUND 235 PM EDT...
  CASSVILLE AROUND 240 PM EDT...
  JACKSONS MILLS AND JACKSON AROUND 300 PM EDT...
  ADELPHIA AROUND 315 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.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3999 7413 3984 7481 4009 7479 4016 7464
      4014 7462 4014 7459 4017 7460 4031 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 261DEG 12KT 4011 7457

$$

NIERENBERG
2 follow-up statements
727 
WWUS51 KPHI 221823
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
223 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

NJC005-025-029-221930-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120622T1930Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
223 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN OCEAN...SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH AND CENTRAL BURLINGTON
COUNTIES...

AT 218 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 MCGUIRE AFB...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRENTON...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW EGYPT BY 235 PM EDT...
  CREAM RIDGE BY 240 PM EDT...
  WOODRUFF BY 250 PM EDT...
  SIX FLAGS THEME PARK BY 300 PM EDT...
  CASSVILLE BY 310 PM EDT...
  JACKSON AND JACKSONS MILLS BY 325 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

&&

LAT...LON 3999 7413 3984 7481 4009 7479 4016 7464
      4014 7462 4014 7459 4017 7460 4031 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 261DEG 12KT 4007 7458

$$

PO
485 
WWUS51 KPHI 221912
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
312 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

NJC005-025-029-221922-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120622T1930Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
312 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OCEAN...SOUTHWESTERN
MONMOUTH AND CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

LAT...LON 3999 7413 3984 7481 4009 7479 4016 7464
      4014 7462 4014 7459 4017 7460 4031 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 261DEG 12KT 4010 7437

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 10:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean33 min
Jun 22, 11:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean63 min
Jun 22, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean60 min
Jun 22, 12:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean42 min
Jun 22, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jun 22, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jun 22, 12:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIOcean2 hr
Jun 22, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean52 min
Jun 22, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean61 min
Jun 22, 1:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIOcean6 hr
Jun 22, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington83 min
Jun 22, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 22, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean59 min
Jun 22, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean56 min
Jun 22, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jun 22, 2:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean119 min
Jun 22, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic56 min
Jun 22, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jun 22, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean63 min
Jun 22, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth59 min
Jun 22, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jun 22, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean59 min
Jun 22, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 22, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic2 hr
Jun 22, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex65 min
Jun 22, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington43 min
Jun 22, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren66 min
Jun 22, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland44 min
Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean60 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean2 hr
Jun 22, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May56 min
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren45 min
Jun 22, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Ocean55 min
Jun 22, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean59 min
Jun 22, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jun 22, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset42 min
Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer57 min
Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jun 22, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean, Salem62 min
Jun 22, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean, Salem119 min
Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester102 min
Jun 22, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester56 min
Jun 22, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem54 min
Jun 22, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 22, 7:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISalem93 min
Jun 22, 7:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth73 min
Jun 22, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem69 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.