Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2016, 1:11 PM EST for 9 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 94 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 16, 2016, 1:11 PM EST (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 16, 2:00 PM EST | MARINE TSTM WIND 53 | Barnegat, NJ | |
| Feb 16, 2:22 PM EST | MARINE TSTM WIND 54 | Tuckerton, NJ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
385
WUUS51 KPHI 161811
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-019-021-023-025-027-029-035-161945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0002.160216T1811Z-160216T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
111 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
EASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
EASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 245 PM EST
* AT 108 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF THE DELAWARE RIVER MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS
NEAR 60 MPH, WITH TREE AND WIRE DAMAGE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...TRENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...PERTH AMBOY...ATLANTIC
CITY...LONG BRANCH...ASBURY PARK...SOMERVILLE...SOMERSET...
EDISON...LAKEWOOD...MIDDLETOWN...OLD BRIDGE...JACKSON...HOWELL...
EAST BRUNSWICK...BRIDGEWATER...SOUTH BRUNSWICK...SAYREVILLE AND
NORTH BRUNSWICK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3974 7419 3976 7410 3955 7426 3954 7440
3956 7441 3935 7445 4068 7496 4079 7457
4077 7437 4060 7446 4060 7421 4047 7427
4043 7400 4048 7401 4036 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 214DEG 35KT 4037 7428
$$
JJM1 follow-up statement
461
WWUS51 KPHI 161917
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
217 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
NJC001-019-021-027-035-161923-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T1945Z/
MERCER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MORRIS NJ-
217 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MERCER...EASTERN HUNTERDON...
SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC...SOMERSET AND SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3974 7419 3976 7410 3955 7426 3956 7441
4060 7438 4060 7421 4047 7427 4043 7400
4048 7401 4036 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 214DEG 35KT 4090 7381
$$
NJC005-023-025-029-161945-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T1945Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
217 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST
FOR MONMOUTH...EASTERN MIDDLESEX...OCEAN AND EASTERN BURLINGTON
COUNTIES...
AT 213 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS...SOME IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.THIS LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH THE COAST BY 230 PM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...PERTH AMBOY...LONG BRANCH...ASBURY PARK...EDISON...
LAKEWOOD...MIDDLETOWN...OLD BRIDGE...JACKSON...HOWELL...EAST
BRUNSWICK...SAYREVILLE...MARLBORO...CARTERET...BARNEGAT...TINTON
FALLS...HOLMDEL...RED BANK...BEACHWOOD AND KEANSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3974 7419 3976 7410 3955 7426 3956 7441
4060 7438 4060 7421 4047 7427 4043 7400
4048 7401 4036 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 214DEG 35KT 4090 7381
$$
JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 11:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 60 min |
| Feb 16, 12:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 51 min |
| Feb 16, 12:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 12:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon and 3 more | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 12:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Salem | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Salem, Sussex and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Somerset and 1 more | 116 min |
| Feb 16, 1:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 1:22 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 51 min | |
| Feb 16, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 2:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 91 min | |
| Feb 16, 3:43 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 60 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.