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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2025Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2025, 6:43 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 3, 2025, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2025, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

699 
WUUS51 KPHI 032243
SVRPHI
NJC025-032315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0144.250703T2243Z-250703T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
643 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

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

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 642 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sandy Hook,
  moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is 
           possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sandy Hook, Keansburg, Highlands, Navesink, and North Middletown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4039 7397 4042 7419 4045 7419 4045 7413
      4042 7405 4041 7398 4048 7402 4048 7401
      4047 7399 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 302DEG 30KT 4046 7406 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Gorse
2 follow-up statements
521 
WWUS51 KPHI 032256
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
656 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025

NJC025-032315-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-250703T2315Z/
Monmouth NJ-
656 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...

At 656 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sandy Hook,
moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Sandy Hook, Keansburg, Highlands, Navesink, and North Middletown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4039 7397 4042 7419 4045 7419 4045 7413
      4042 7405 4041 7398 4048 7402 4048 7401
      4047 7399 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 300DEG 29KT 4043 7401 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Gorse
936 
WWUS51 KPHI 032307
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
707 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025

NJC025-032317-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-250703T2315Z/
Monmouth NJ-
707 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...

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 will be allowed to expire. However gusty 
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
central New Jersey.

LAT...LON 4039 7397 4042 7419 4045 7419 4045 7413
      4042 7405 4041 7398 4048 7402 4048 7401
      4047 7399 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 302DEG 30KT 4039 7393 

$$

Gorse

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren40 min
Jul 3, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex43 min
Jul 3, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren49 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren44 min
Jul 3, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren48 min
Jul 3, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset37 min
Jul 3, 6:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren4 hr
Jul 3, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset, Warren34 min
Jul 3, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
Jul 3, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min

Nearby

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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.