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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 8, 2014Ocean County, New Jersey

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

HEAVENER
1 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

$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Oct 8, 1:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Ocean40 min
Oct 8, 1:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Oct 8, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI29 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.