Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 11:25 PM EST for Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 15 min. 2 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 11:25 PM EST (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 11:40 PM EST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:35 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 50 | Monmouth Exec Airport, NJ | |
| Feb 24, 11:47 PM EST | MARINE TSTM WIND 47 | Tuckerton, NJ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
955
WUUS51 KPHI 250425
SVRPHI
NJC005-025-029-250500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0014.160225T0425Z-160225T0500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1125 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
* AT 1125 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR BEACHWOOD...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 95 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...LAKEWOOD...MIDDLETOWN...JACKSON...HOWELL...MARLBORO...
BARNEGAT...TINTON FALLS...HOLMDEL...RED BANK...BEACHWOOD...
MANASQUAN...POINT PLEASANT BEACH...TUCKERTON...SEASIDE HEIGHTS...
LAKEHURST...FARMINGDALE...PLEASANT PLAINS...CEDAR GLEN WEST AND
HOLIDAY CITY SOUTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY.
LAT...LON 3979 7410 4001 7409 3999 7414 3999 7411
3981 7417 3977 7410 3980 7417 3974 7420
3976 7410 3975 7410 3963 7426 3953 7427
3961 7428 3957 7428 3963 7451 4044 7421
4041 7402 4047 7400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 211DEG 82KT 3985 7415
$$2 follow-up statements
109
WWUS51 KPHI 250440
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1140 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NJC005-250449-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160225T0500Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-
1140 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3979 7410 4001 7409 3999 7414 3999 7411
3981 7417 3977 7410 3980 7417 3974 7420
3976 7410 3975 7410 3970 7417 3969 7419
3980 7428 4038 7407 4041 7402 4047 7400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 211DEG 82KT 4014 7392
$$
NJC025-029-250500-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160225T0500Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
1140 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONMOUTH AND NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTIES...
AT 1139 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR MANASQUAN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASBURY PARK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 95 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...BARNEGAT...TINTON FALLS...RED BANK...BEACHWOOD...
MANASQUAN...POINT PLEASANT BEACH...SEASIDE HEIGHTS...ALLENWOOD...
DOVER BEACHES NORTH...BRICK TOWNSHIP...RAMTOWN...LEISURE VILLAGE...
LEISURE VILLAGE EAST...DOVER BEACHES SOUTH...NAVESINK...HOLIDAY CITY
SOUTH...POINT PLEASANT...EATONTOWN AND WEST LONG BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY.
LAT...LON 3979 7410 4001 7409 3999 7414 3999 7411
3981 7417 3977 7410 3980 7417 3974 7420
3976 7410 3975 7410 3970 7417 3969 7419
3980 7428 4038 7407 4041 7402 4047 7400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 211DEG 82KT 4014 7392
$$
PO823
WWUS51 KPHI 250440 RRA
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1140 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NJC005-025-029-250449-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160225T0500Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
1140 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MONMOUTH...OCEAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3979 7410 4001 7409 3999 7414 3999 7411
3981 7417 3977 7410 3980 7417 3974 7420
3976 7410 3975 7410 3963 7426 3953 7427
3961 7428 3957 7428 3963 7451 4044 7421
4041 7402 4047 7400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 211DEG 82KT 4014 7392
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 8:48 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:02 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Feb 24, 9:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:24 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 9:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 10:19 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Feb 24, 10:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 10:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 10:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 54 min |
| Feb 24, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 1 more | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 11:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 11:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Feb 25, 12:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Monmouth, Ocean | 56 min |
| Feb 25, 1:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:04 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:22 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 33 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Passaic | 31 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 25 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 14 hr |
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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.