Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2012, 7:22 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 min. 6 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
- Jul 7, 2012, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Howell Twp, NJ | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE TOWNSHIP... FREEHOLD ROAD BLOCKED. |
| Jul 7, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jackson Twp, NJ | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. |
| Jul 7, 7:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Normandy Beach, NJ | LARGE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jul 7, 7:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 78 | Brick Twp, NJ | ALSO PUBLIC REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES. |
| Jul 7, 7:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Seaside Heights, NJ | POLES AND WIRES DOWN... AT LEAST ONE TREE DOWN... PEOPLE TEMPORARILY TRAPPED ON SKY RIDE. |
| Jul 7, 7:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lavallette, NJ | POLES AND WIRES DOWN... |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
037
WUUS51 KPHI 072322
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-080015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0083.120707T2322Z-120708T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
722 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM MATAWAN TO ADELPHIA TO CASSVILLE TO WOODRUFF...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF PERTH AMBOY TO 17 MILES NORTH OF
TOMS RIVER TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOMS RIVER TO 17 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MIDDLETOWN...COLLINGWOOD PARK...TINTON FALLS AND RED BANK AROUND
730 PM EDT...
HIGHLANDS...LEISURE VILLAGE...LAKEHURST AND BRICK TOWNSHIP AROUND
735 PM EDT...
ELBERON AND POINT PLEASANT BEACH AROUND 740 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4029 7397 4012 7402 3992 7406 4004 7453
4021 7435 4039 7427 4041 7425 4043 7425
4045 7422 4042 7397 4036 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 286DEG 39KT 4043 7419 4018 7422
4008 7433 4004 7448
$$
HAYES2 follow-up statements
929
WWUS51 KPHI 072353
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
753 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
NJC025-029-080015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120708T0015Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
753 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN OCEAN AND SOUTHERN MONMOUTH COUNTIES...
AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLENHURST TO 9 MILES EAST OF
MANASQUAN TO LAVALLETTE TO GILFORD PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANDY HOOK TO 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOMS
RIVER TO 11 MILES EAST OF TOMS RIVER TO TOMS RIVER...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
WIND GUST TO OVER 70 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4001 7440 4020 7421 4026 7403 4025 7399
3992 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 286DEG 39KT 4032 7377 4007 7380
3998 7391 3994 7406
$$
HAYES465
WWUS51 KPHI 080012
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
812 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
NJC025-029-080022-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120708T0015Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
812 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OCEAN AND SOUTHERN
MONMOUTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4001 7440 4020 7421 4026 7403 4025 7399
3992 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 286DEG 39KT 4025 7351 4000 7355
3991 7366 3987 7381
$$
HAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 90 min |
| Jul 7, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Warren | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 96 min | |
| Jul 7, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 65 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.