Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 5:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 65 min. 4 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 23, 2016, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 23, 6:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Galloway Twp, NJ | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 23, 6:22 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 41 | Tuckerton, NJ | |
| Jul 23, 6:25 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 46 | Little Sheepshead Creek, NJ | |
| Jul 23, 6:58 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 53 | Brigantine, NJ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
505
WUUS51 KPHI 232155
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-007-029-232300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0126.160723T2155Z-160723T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
555 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 554 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATSION...OR
20 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATLANTIC CITY...PLEASANTVILLE...HAMMONTON...VENTNOR CITY...
BRIGANTINE...NORTHFIELD...ABSECON...MARGATE CITY...
EGG HARBOR CITY...TUCKERTON...PORT REPUBLIC...WADING RIVER...
ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA...BASS RIVER STATE FOREST...BATSTO...NEW GRETNA...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...POMONA...ATSION AND MYSTIC ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND
THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES. FOR YOUR SAFETY...IMMEDIATELY MOVE
OFF THE BEACH AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3942 7430 3930 7446 3961 7488 3981 7466
3960 7417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 307DEG 31KT 3969 7475
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LF2 follow-up statements
840
WWUS51 KPHI 232232 RRA
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
632 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
NJC007-232240-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-160723T2300Z/
CAMDEN NJ-
632 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3942 7430 3930 7446 3930 7447 3945 7466
3965 7452 3952 7423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 307DEG 31KT 3950 7442
$$
NJC001-005-029-232300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-160723T2300Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
632 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC...SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
BURLINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 630 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT
REPUBLIC... OR 9 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATLANTIC CITY...PLEASANTVILLE...VENTNOR CITY...BRIGANTINE...
NORTHFIELD...ABSECON...MARGATE CITY...EGG HARBOR CITY...
PORT REPUBLIC...WADING RIVER...NEW GRETNA...POMONA AND MYSTIC ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND
THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES. FOR YOUR SAFETY...IMMEDIATELY MOVE
OFF THE BEACH AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3942 7430 3930 7446 3930 7447 3945 7466
3965 7452 3952 7423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 307DEG 31KT 3950 7442
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LF253
WWUS51 KPHI 232249
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
649 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
NJC005-029-232257-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-160723T2300Z/
OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
649 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3942 7430 3930 7446 3931 7447 3940 7449
3952 7434 3951 7431 3953 7429 3952 7423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 307DEG 31KT 3941 7426
$$
NJC001-232300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-160723T2300Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-
649 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY...
AT 647 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BRIGANTINE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATLANTIC CITY...VENTNOR CITY...BRIGANTINE AND ABSECON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND
THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES. FOR YOUR SAFETY...IMMEDIATELY MOVE
OFF THE BEACH AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3942 7430 3930 7446 3931 7447 3940 7449
3952 7434 3951 7431 3953 7429 3952 7423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 307DEG 31KT 3941 7426
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 7 more | 50 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Jul 23, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 82 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.