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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 14, 2014Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2014, 4:12 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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 14, 2014, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 14, 4:56 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Howell Twp, NJ	PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HOWELL TOWNSHIP.

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 14, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

396 
WUUS51 KPHI 142012
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-142115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0124.140714T2012Z-140714T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
412 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR LAKEWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOWELL AND BRICK TOWNSHIP AROUND 420 PM EDT...
  FARMINGDALE AND MANTOLOKING AROUND 425 PM EDT...
  COLLINGWOOD PARK AND POINT PLEASANT BEACH AROUND 430 PM EDT...
  MANASQUAN AROUND 435 PM EDT...
  BELMAR AROUND 440 PM EDT...
  TINTON FALLS AROUND 445 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OF MORE THAN 57 MPH...OR HAIL ONE
INCH OR LARGER.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WHICH
COULD FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND COVER ROADS WITH WATER. DO
NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 7397 4020 7400 4018 7399 4014 7402
      4008 7402 4008 7403 4006 7402 4004 7404
      3999 7426 4015 7437 4036 7397 4036 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 241DEG 18KT 4011 7421

$$

FORECASTER:  SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	89 min
Jul 13, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Warren	57 min
Jul 13, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset	57 min
Jul 13, 10:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren	47 min
Jul 13, 10:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Warren	2 hr
Jul 13, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	37 min
Jul 13, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		85 min
Jul 13, 11:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset	38 min
Jul 13, 11:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden	54 min
Jul 13, 11:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	2 hr
Jul 13, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex	43 min
Jul 14, 3:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	45 hr
Jul 14, 4:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		24 hr
Jul 14, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	52 min
Jul 14, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	58 min
Jul 14, 4:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris, Sussex	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	4 hr
Jul 14, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	57 min
Jul 14, 5:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Warren	4 hr
Jul 14, 6:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jul 14, 6:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset	3 hr
Jul 14, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Salem	42 min
Jul 14, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	58 min
Jul 14, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	46 min
Jul 14, 7:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	3 hr
Jul 14, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	67 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.