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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 3, 2024Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2024, 7:24 PM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 51 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: Apr 3, 2024, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2024, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 7:45 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Forked River, NJ
Apr 3, 7:45 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Forked River, NJ	Time estimated.
Apr 3, 7:59 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	1 E Lanoka Harbor, NJ	Report from mPING: Half-inch (0.50 in.).

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 12:00Z, 11.4 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.

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: 603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

934 
WUUS51 KPHI 032324
SVRPHI
NJC005-029-040015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0003.240403T2324Z-240404T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
724 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

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 815 PM EDT.

* At 724 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Warren Grove,
  or 22 miles southwest of Toms River, moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Toms River, Barnegat, Beachwood, Manasquan, Point Pleasant Beach,
  Seaside Heights, Mantoloking, Dover Beaches North, Holiday City
  South, Warren Grove, Leisure Village East, Dover Beaches South,
  Brick Township, Brookville, Bass River State Forest, Penn State
  Forest, Beach Haven West, Holiday City-Berkeley, Point Pleasant,
  and Brielle.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 55 and 87.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3977 7408 3960 7437 3969 7452 4012 7409
      4009 7407 4011 7404 4009 7401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 225DEG 43KT 3971 7437 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

Staarmann

3 follow-up statements

572 
WWUS51 KPHI 032339
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
739 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

NJC005-032349-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240404T0015Z/
Burlington NJ-
739 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

...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 3977 7408 3973 7415 3976 7427 3985 7434
      4012 7409 4011 7409 4009 7407 4011 7404
      4009 7401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 225DEG 43KT 3984 7420 

$$

NJC029-040015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240404T0015Z/
Ocean NJ-
739 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY...

At 739 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Barnegat, or 10
miles south of Toms River, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Barnegat, Beachwood, Manasquan, Point Pleasant Beach,
Seaside Heights, Mantoloking, Brick Township, Dover Beaches North,
Holiday City South, Dover Beaches South, Leisure Village East, Point
Pleasant, Brielle, South Toms River, Island Heights, Bay Head, Silver
Ridge, Gilford Park, and Holiday Heights.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 68 and 84,
and near mile marker 86.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move
indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers.
Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck
by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3977 7408 3973 7415 3976 7427 3985 7434
      4012 7409 4011 7409 4009 7407 4011 7404
      4009 7401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 225DEG 43KT 3984 7420 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

Staarmann

245 
WWUS51 KPHI 032348
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
748 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

NJC029-040015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240404T0015Z/
Ocean NJ-
748 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY...

At 748 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Seaside
Heights, or 8 miles southeast of Toms River, moving northeast at 50
mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Beachwood, Manasquan, Point Pleasant Beach, Seaside
Heights, Mantoloking, Dover Beaches North, Dover Beaches South, Point
Pleasant, South Toms River, Island Heights, Bay Head, and Gilford
Park.

This includes Garden State Parkway near mile marker 80.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move
indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers.
Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck
by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 7401 3982 7407 3979 7412 3984 7420
      3993 7421 4011 7404 4010 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 224DEG 42KT 3989 7410 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

Staarmann

031 
WWUS51 KPHI 040009
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
809 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

NJC029-040019-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240404T0015Z/
Ocean NJ-
809 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved offshore and out of 
the area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4009 7401 3982 7407 3979 7412 3984 7420
      3993 7421 4011 7404 4010 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 225DEG 43KT 4004 7391 

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon	3 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Somerset	48 hr
Apr 3, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington	69 hr
Apr 3, 2:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Somerset	10 hr
Apr 3, 2:52 PM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	PHI		5 hr
Apr 3, 4:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Somerset	19 hr
Apr 3, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	43 min
Apr 3, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Apr 3, 5:46 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Essex, Morris, Passaic	5 days
Apr 3, 5:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Morris	45 hr
Apr 3, 5:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Somerset	8 hr
Apr 3, 5:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	23 hr
Apr 3, 5:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Morris, Somerset	5 hr
Apr 3, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	30 min
Apr 3, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	29 min
Apr 3, 7:14 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May	10 hr
Apr 3, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		62 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.