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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 17, 2022Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2022, 2:24 AM EST for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2022, 2:24 AM EST (07:24 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2022, 3:00 AM EST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

634 
WUUS51 KPHI 170724
SVRPHI
NJC023-025-170800-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0003.220117T0724Z-220117T0800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
224 AM EST Mon Jan 17 2022

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Monmouth County in central New Jersey...
  Northeastern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...

* Until 300 AM EST.

* At 224 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tinton Falls,
  or near Asbury Park, moving north at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook, Middletown, Howell, Carteret,
  Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Red Bank, Matawan, Highlands, Farmingdale,
  East Freehold, Elberon, Navesink, Collingwood Park, Lincroft,
  Freewood Acres, Allenwood and Eatontown.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike near exit 13.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 27 and 34.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 97 and 120.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4015 7398 4015 7424 4050 7425 4060 7426
      4059 7421 4056 7421 4055 7425 4046 7424
      4044 7420 4046 7418 4041 7403 4041 7398
      4048 7402 4048 7401 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 179DEG 39KT 4024 7408 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

Fitzsimmons

1 follow-up statement

619 
WWUS51 KPHI 170738
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
238 AM EST Mon Jan 17 2022

NJC023-170747-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220117T0800Z/
Middlesex NJ-
238 AM EST Mon Jan 17 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX 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 4030 7397 4029 7424 4044 7424 4045 7422
      4044 7420 4046 7418 4041 7403 4041 7399
      4044 7399 4048 7402 4047 7400 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 178DEG 39KT 4039 7409 

$$

NJC025-170800-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220117T0800Z/
Monmouth NJ-
238 AM EST Mon Jan 17 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...

At 237 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Middletown, or
near Sandy Hook, moving north at 45 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Long Branch, Sandy Hook, Middletown, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Red Bank,
Matawan, Highlands, Navesink, Lincroft, Eatontown, West Long Branch,
Keyport, Rumson, Little Silver, Oceanport, Shrewsbury, Strathmore and
North Middletown.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 108 and 120.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4030 7397 4029 7424 4044 7424 4045 7422
      4044 7420 4046 7418 4041 7403 4041 7399
      4044 7399 4048 7402 4047 7400 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 178DEG 39KT 4039 7409 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

Fitzsimmons

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 16, 10:56 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	PHI		94 min
Jan 16, 11:14 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	PHI		2 hr
Jan 17, 12:11 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	PHI		2 hr
Jan 17, 12:53 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	PHI		97 min
Jan 17, 1:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PHI	Ocean	42 min
Jan 17, 1:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex	63 min
Jan 17, 1:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	38 min
Jan 17, 2:14 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth	3 hr
Jan 17, 2:24 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	PHI		51 min
Jan 17, 2:30 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex	6 hr
Jan 17, 3:10 AM EST	Wind Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more	15 hr
Jan 17, 10:06 AM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	PHI	Ocean	8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.