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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 25, 2023Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2023, 3:40 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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: Jul 25, 2023, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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
Jul 25, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 45	Belmar, NJ	NJWxNet gauge at Belmar.
Jul 25, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 45	Belmar, NJ	NJWxNet gauge at Belmar.
Jul 25, 4:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 47	1 Sse Monmouth Beach, NJ	WxFlow gauge at Monmouth Beach.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 25, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

841 
WUUS51 KPHI 251940
SVRPHI
NJC025-029-252030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0235.230725T1940Z-230725T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
340 PM EDT Tue Jul 25 2023

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
  Monmouth County in central New Jersey...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 339 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Freewood
  Acres, or 11 miles north of Toms River, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to 
           roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook, Lakewood, Middletown, Howell,
  Marlboro, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Red Bank, Keansburg, Matawan,
  Highlands, Farmingdale, Allenwood, East Freehold, West Freehold,
  Adelphia, Vista Center and Elberon.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 20 and 34.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 93 and 119.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4019 7397 4017 7399 4006 7421 4016 7438
      4045 7421 4044 7420 4046 7418 4045 7413
      4041 7399 4044 7399 4048 7402 4048 7401
      4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 216DEG 16KT 4015 7426 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MLB

2 follow-up statements

877 
WWUS51 KPHI 252003
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
403 PM EDT Tue Jul 25 2023

NJC025-029-252030-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0235.000000T0000Z-230725T2030Z/
Ocean NJ-Monmouth NJ-
403 PM EDT Tue Jul 25 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES...

At 402 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Collingwood
Park, or 8 miles west of Asbury Park, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs, 
         siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook, Lakewood, Middletown, Howell,
Marlboro, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Red Bank, Keansburg, Matawan,
Highlands, Farmingdale, Allenwood, East Freehold, West Freehold,
Adelphia, Vista Center and Elberon.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 20 and 34.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 93 and 119.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4019 7397 4017 7399 4006 7421 4016 7438
      4045 7421 4044 7420 4046 7418 4045 7413
      4041 7399 4044 7399 4048 7402 4048 7401
      4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 216DEG 16KT 4023 7418 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MLB

134 
WWUS51 KPHI 252031
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
431 PM EDT Tue Jul 25 2023

NJC025-029-252041-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0235.000000T0000Z-230725T2030Z/
Ocean NJ-Monmouth NJ-
431 PM EDT Tue Jul 25 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN AND
MONMOUTH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central and southern New Jersey.

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 4019 7397 4017 7399 4006 7421 4016 7438
      4045 7421 4044 7420 4046 7418 4045 7413
      4041 7399 4044 7399 4048 7402 4048 7401
      4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 216DEG 16KT 4033 7409 

$$

MLB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Warren	39 min
Jul 25, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon	24 min
Jul 25, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset	48 min
Jul 25, 1:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Gloucester	4 hr
Jul 25, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		38 min
Jul 25, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren	39 min
Jul 25, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset	52 min
Jul 25, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland	55 min
Jul 25, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex	51 min
Jul 25, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	2 hr
Jul 25, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		60 min
Jul 25, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset	52 min
Jul 25, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer	44 min
Jul 25, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		96 min
Jul 25, 3:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	81 min
Jul 25, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		60 min
Jul 25, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	53 min
Jul 25, 3:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth	3 hr
Jul 25, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	30 min
Jul 25, 4:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Monmouth	3 hr
Jul 25, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		58 min
Jul 25, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		55 min
Jul 25, 4:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	2 hr
Jul 25, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		66 min

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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.