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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 3, 2016Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2016, 12:46 AM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 14 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
Apr 3, 2016, 12:46 AM EDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 12:48 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 58Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Apr 3, 12:50 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 59Brick Twp, NJ
Apr 3, 12:50 AM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 59Brick Twp, NJ52 KNOT GUST.
Apr 3, 1:00 AM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 47Bradley Beach, 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 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2016-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

972 
WUUS51 KPHI 030446
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-030500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0023.160403T0446Z-160403T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1246 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1245 AM 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
  TINTON FALLS TO NEAR TOMS RIVER...AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 70
  MPH. PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LONG BRANCH...ASBURY PARK...TINTON FALLS...RED BANK AND ELBERON 
  AROUND 1250 AM EDT. 
  MANASQUAN AROUND 1255 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE SPRING
LAKE HEIGHTS...SHREWSBURY...DEAL...WEST LONG BRANCH...EATONTOWN...BRIELLE...
SEA GIRT...OCEAN GROVE...WANAMASSA AND OCEANPORT.

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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4032 7397 4007 7404 4005 7410 4005 7405
      4001 7405 4001 7408 4000 7406 3991 7407
      3989 7409 3994 7408 3994 7415 3993 7412
      3987 7414 3985 7419 3993 7415 4000 7416
      4034 7408 4040 7398
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 234DEG 62KT 4030 7405 3996 7413 

$$

DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 4 more2 hr
Apr 2, 10:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem88 min
Apr 2, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland37 min
Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cumberland33 min
Apr 2, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem39 min
Apr 2, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Apr 2, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem51 min
Apr 2, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem51 min
Apr 2, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Apr 2, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset34 min
Apr 3, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May22 min
Apr 3, 12:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean31 min
Apr 3, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIUnion26 min
Apr 3, 12:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI52 min
Apr 3, 12:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Apr 3, 12:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth21 min
Apr 3, 12:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean8 min
Apr 3, 1:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI33 min
Apr 3, 5:45 AM EDTLow Water AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Apr 3, 11:34 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more4 hr
Apr 3, 11:37 AM EDTGale WarningPHI4 hr
Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDTLow Water AdvisoryPHI113 min
Apr 3, 3:40 PM EDTFreeze WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more12 hr
Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDTGale WatchPHI12 hr
Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI5 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.