Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Marine Warnings in 2024

Special Marine Warning 88, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 2, 2024

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special marine warning at Aug 2, 2024, 4:26 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2024, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2024, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.0 in
Wind: 34.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Aug 2, 4:17 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 4:17 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
309 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0248 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 SSE Lenhartsville     40.56N 75.88W
08/02/2024                   Berks              PA   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Wires down along Route 143 in Greenwich
            Township, PA. Time estimated from radar.

&&

Hoeflich

Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
311 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0238 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 SW Maiden Creek       40.44N 75.92W
08/02/2024                   Berks              PA   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Wires down along Snyder Road and Leesport
            Avenue in Ontelaunee Township, PA. Time
            estimated from radar.

&&

Hoeflich

Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
312 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0231 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Penn Twp                40.47N 76.07W
08/02/2024                   Berks              PA   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Trees and wires down on Irish Creek Road.
            Time estimated from radar.

&&

Hoeflich

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 4:17 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more	16 hr
Aug 2, 3:27 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		36 hr
Aug 2, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	24 min
Aug 2, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Mercer	39 min
Aug 2, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	39 min
Aug 2, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	83 min
Aug 2, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		66 min
Aug 2, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		83 min
Aug 2, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh	52 min
Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Lehigh	45 min
Aug 2, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	52 min
Aug 2, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	61 min
Aug 2, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Montgomery	42 min
Aug 2, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	New Castle	40 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in New Jersey, 2024 Every special marine warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.