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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 26, 2016Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 4:23 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 26 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
Apr 26, 2016, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 4:49 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 26, 4:35 PM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 48Harvey Cedars, NJ
Apr 26, 4:41 PM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 39Surf City, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

019 
WUUS51 KPHI 262023
SVRPHI
NJC029-262115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0032.160426T2023Z-160426T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
423 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 422 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BROOKVILLE...
  OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BEACH HAVEN WEST AROUND 430 PM EDT. 
  SURF CITY AROUND 435 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OCEAN
ACRES...MANAHAWKIN AND WARETOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3977 7411 3968 7412 3957 7421 3960 7425
      3960 7427 3961 7426 3972 7439 3980 7440
      3988 7426 3982 7416 3977 7418 3975 7417
      3975 7415 3980 7413 3978 7409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 313DEG 38KT 3977 7427 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MWG
2 follow-up statements
403 
WWUS51 KPHI 262040
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
440 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

NJC029-262115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160426T2115Z/
OCEAN NJ-
440 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY...

AT 439 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SURF CITY...OR
21 MILES SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH THE OCEAN SOON...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: WARETOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3977 7411 3968 7412 3966 7415 3971 7422
      3983 7418 3982 7416 3978 7418 3976 7418
      3975 7415 3980 7413 3978 7409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 313DEG 38KT 3964 7410 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MWG
186 
WWUS51 KPHI 262049
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
449 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

NJC029-262059-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160426T2115Z/
OCEAN NJ-
449 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

LAT...LON 3977 7411 3968 7412 3966 7415 3971 7422
      3983 7418 3982 7416 3978 7418 3976 7418
      3975 7415 3980 7413 3978 7409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 313DEG 38KT 3956 7400 

$$

MWG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 12:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem41 min
Apr 26, 12:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean66 min
Apr 26, 12:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester49 min
Apr 26, 1:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean42 min
Apr 26, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren47 min
Apr 26, 2:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean41 min
Apr 26, 2:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren35 min
Apr 26, 2:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset60 min
Apr 26, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Somerset45 min
Apr 26, 3:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth43 min
Apr 26, 3:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Apr 26, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden24 min
Apr 26, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington31 min
Apr 26, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean23 min
Apr 26, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI35 min
Apr 26, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer33 min
Apr 26, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean28 min
Apr 26, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.