Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2015, 3:55 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 20 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
- Apr 22, 2015, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 2154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
307
WUUS51 KPHI 221955
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-222030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0004.150422T1955Z-150422T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
EASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 353 PM EDT...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 NEAR RED
BANK TO FARMINGDALE TO NEAR BROOKVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...LONG BRANCH...ASBURY PARK...LAKEWOOD...MIDDLETOWN...
JACKSON...HOWELL...BARNEGAT...TINTON FALLS...HOLMDEL...RED BANK...
BEACHWOOD...MANASQUAN...POINT PLEASANT BEACH...SEASIDE HEIGHTS...
LAKEHURST...FARMINGDALE...MANTOLOKING...PLEASANT PLAINS AND CEDAR
GLEN WEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN PHILADELPHIA
AS WELL AS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
OCCURRING AHEAD OF THE SHOWERS IN LITTLE PRECIPITATION. OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE BEING REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4023 7399 4007 7404 4006 7408 4006 7412
4005 7405 3979 7410 4001 7409 3999 7414
3999 7411 3981 7417 3977 7410 3980 7417
3978 7418 3976 7410 3973 7436 4006 7433
4041 7417 4044 7414 4041 7402 4047 7400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 255DEG 44KT 4036 7402 4018 7416 3982 7429
$$
JRK1 follow-up statement
147
WWUS51 KPHI 222015
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
NJC025-029-222024-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150422T2030Z/
OCEAN NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-
415 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OCEAN AND EASTERN
MONMOUTH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4023 7399 4007 7404 4006 7408 4006 7412
4005 7405 3979 7410 4001 7409 3999 7414
3999 7411 3981 7417 3977 7410 3980 7417
3978 7418 3976 7410 3973 7436 4006 7433
4041 7417 4044 7414 4041 7402 4047 7400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 255DEG 44KT 4042 7371 4024 7385 3988 7399
$$
JRKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Sussex, Warren | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Apr 22, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 113 min |
| Apr 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Apr 22, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 4 more | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Apr 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.