Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2014, 1:35 AM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2014, 1:35 AM EDT (05:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052
WFUS51 KPHI 080535
TORPHI
NJC029-080600-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0006.141008T0535Z-141008T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
135 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 132 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BEACH
HAVEN...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BEACH HAVEN AND TUCKERTON BY 150 AM EDT...
NORTH BEACH HAVEN BY 155 AM EDT...
SURF CITY...BEACH HAVEN WEST AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARVEY CEDARS
BY 200 AM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3967 7414 3960 7421 3952 7426 3950 7429
3949 7434 3951 7436 3953 7435 3954 7436
3978 7426 3976 7418 3972 7415 3974 7413
3973 7411 3972 7411
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 208DEG 17KT 3951 7428
$$
HEAVENER1 follow-up statement
001
WWUS51 KPHI 080553
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
153 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2014
NJC029-080602-
/O.EXP.KPHI.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-141008T0600Z/
OCEAN NJ-
153 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
200 AM EDT...
THE BEST ROTATION HAS MOVED FAR ENOUGH OFFSHORE TO LET THE WARNING
EXPIRE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR.
LAT...LON 3967 7414 3960 7421 3952 7426 3950 7429
3949 7434 3951 7436 3953 7435 3954 7436
3978 7426 3976 7418 3972 7415 3974 7413
3973 7411 3972 7411
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 208DEG 17KT 3958 7423
$$
HEAVENERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 12:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| Oct 8, 1:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 40 min |
| Oct 8, 1:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Oct 8, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.