Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2012, 7:58 AM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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 25, 2012, 7:58 AM EDT (11:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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 25, 7:59 AM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | East Brunswick, NJ | |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | South River, NJ | |
| Jun 25, 8:05 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Hamilton Twp, NJ | TREE DOWN AT NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE HAMILTON STATION |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
604
WUUS51 KPHI 251158
SVRPHI
NJC021-023-025-251245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0050.120625T1158Z-120625T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
758 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRENTON...
MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANDY HOOK...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PERTH AMBOY...NEW BRUNSWICK...
* UNTIL 845 AM EDT
* AT 755 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLONIA TO TRENTON...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM PERTH AMBOY TO TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CARTERET...EDINBURG...WHITE HORSE AND SAYREVILLE AROUND 805 AM
EDT...
WINDSOR...JAMESBURG AND HIGHTSTOWN AROUND 810 AM EDT...
TWIN RIVERS...OLD BRIDGE AND CLEARBROOK PARK AROUND 815 AM 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.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.
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 200 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4010 7403 4013 7411 4010 7415 4011 7423
4017 7426 4017 7441 4008 7455 4014 7459
4018 7471 4015 7472 4025 7483 4049 7446
4053 7450 4061 7440 4060 7422 4047 7425
4042 7401 4048 7400 4047 7398 4029 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 278DEG 28KT 4056 7430 4021 7475
$$
MPD1 follow-up statement
900
WWUS51 KPHI 251224
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
824 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
NJC021-023-025-251245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120625T1245Z/
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-
824 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT
FOR MONMOUTH...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTIES...
AT 821 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF NORTH
MIDDLETOWN TO IMLAYSTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STATEN
ISLAND TO 12 MILES EAST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MARLBORO...CLARKSBURG...PORT MONMOUTH AND NORTH MIDDLETOWN BY 830
AM EDT...
MIDDLETOWN...HOLMDEL...WEST FREEHOLD AND LEONARDO BY 835 AM EDT...
SANDY HOOK AND ADELPHIA BY 840 AM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4010 7403 4013 7411 4010 7415 4011 7423
4017 7426 4017 7441 4008 7455 4014 7459
4018 7470 4030 7459 4043 7437 4052 7431
4060 7422 4047 7425 4042 7401 4048 7399
4047 7398 4029 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1224Z 278DEG 28KT 4053 7405 4018 7450
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 95 min |
| Jun 25, 3:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 41 hr | |
| Jun 25, 7:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 7:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 8:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 83 min | |
| Jun 25, 8:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 108 min |
| Jun 25, 8:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 38 min | |
| Jun 25, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min | |
| Jun 25, 9:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 10:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Jun 25, 10:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 7 hr | |
| Jun 25, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Jun 25, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Jun 25, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Jun 25, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Jun 25, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 49 min | |
| Jun 25, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Jun 25, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 40 min | |
| Jun 25, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 5:12 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 28 hr | |
| Jun 25, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 75 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.