Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 11:20 PM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 40 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
- May 26, 2021, 11:20 PM EDT (03:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:30 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 44 | 2 Nne Waretown, NJ | |
| May 26, 11:35 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 40 | 1 Ese Lanoka Harbor, NJ | |
| May 26, 11:36 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 45 | 1 Ne Lanoka Harbor, NJ | TRIXIES WEATHERFLOW STATION. |
| May 26, 11:40 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 41 | 1 Ssw Mantoloking, 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
609
WUUS51 KPHI 270320
SVRPHI
NJC005-029-270400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0040.210527T0320Z-210527T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1120 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
East central Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
* Until midnight EDT.
* At 1120 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bamber Lake,
or 12 miles southwest of Toms River, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Barnegat, Beachwood, Seaside Heights, Dover Beaches
North, Holiday City South, Pleasant Plains, Warren Grove, Dover
Beaches South, Holiday City-Berkeley, Bamber Lake, Cedar Glen
Lakes, Whiting, Brookville, Pine Ridge At Crestwood, Leisure
Village West-Pine Lake Park, South Toms River, Island Heights,
Silver Ridge and Ocean Acres.
This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 64 and 85.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority. Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Mount Holly NJ.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3970 7442 3997 7443 4010 7352 3969 7345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 264DEG 49KT 3984 7432
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MPS2 follow-up statements
270
WWUS51 KPHI 270346
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1146 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
NJC005-270356-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210527T0400Z/
Burlington NJ-
1146 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3980 7398 3979 7417 3998 7421 4003 7402
4003 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 259DEG 28KT 3991 7411
$$
NJC029-270400-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210527T0400Z/
Ocean NJ-
1146 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY...
At 1146 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Seaside
Heights, or 7 miles southeast of Toms River, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Beachwood, Seaside Heights, Dover Beaches South, Dover
Beaches North, South Toms River, Island Heights and Gilford Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority. Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Mount Holly NJ.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3980 7398 3979 7417 3998 7421 4003 7402
4003 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 259DEG 28KT 3991 7411
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MPS330
WWUS51 KPHI 270353
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1153 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
NJC029-270403-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210527T0400Z/
Ocean NJ-
1153 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Mount Holly NJ.
LAT...LON 3980 7398 3979 7417 3998 7421 4003 7402
4003 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 264DEG 49KT 3996 7350
$$
MPSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 39 min |
| May 26, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| May 26, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 46 min |
| May 26, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 40 min |
| May 26, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 50 min |
| May 26, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| May 27, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 23 min | |
| May 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Gale Watch | PHI | 12 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.