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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 20254 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2025, 6:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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 8, 2025, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2025, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 8, 6:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pemberton, NJ	Numerous trees and wires down. Time estimated from radar.
Jul 8, 6:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	New Egypt, NJ	Wires downed.
Jul 8, 6:43 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Upper Freehold Tw, NJ	Multiple large branches downed.

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 8, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 986 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

901 
WUUS51 KPHI 082232
SVRPHI
NJC005-021-025-029-082315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0162.250708T2232Z-250708T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
632 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
  South central Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  Northeastern Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Southwestern Monmouth County in central New Jersey...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 632 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Crosswicks to Wrightstown to near Leisuretowne,
  moving east at 30 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...
  Toms River, Lakewood, Jackson, Bordentown, Presidential Lakes
  Estates, Lakehurst, Allentown, Pemberton, Wrightstown, Six Flags
  Theme Park, Cedar Glen West, Jacksons Mills, West Freehold,
  Georgetown, Adelphia, Cassville, Clarksburg, Vista Center,
  Crosswicks, and Presidential Lakes.

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 these storms. Move indoors
immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough
to be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3988 7427 3993 7472 4003 7468 4015 7473
      4016 7472 4024 7425 4002 7422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 272DEG 27KT 4014 7466 4004 7462 3991 7466 

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

$$

MJL

2 follow-up statements

880 
WWUS51 KPHI 082256
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
656 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

NJC005-021-025-029-082315-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-250708T2315Z/
Ocean NJ-Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Monmouth NJ-
656 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...NORTHEASTERN
BURLINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTIES...

At 655 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Six Flags Theme Park to near Woodruff to near Old
Halfway, moving east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 643 PM EDT, multiple large 
         branches downed were reported 2 SSE of Upper Freehold Twp.

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

Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Lakewood, Jackson, Presidential Lakes Estates, Lakehurst,
Allentown, Pemberton, Wrightstown, Six Flags Theme Park, Cedar Glen
West, Jacksons Mills, West Freehold, Adelphia, Cassville, Clarksburg,
Vista Center, Woodruff, Holiday City-Berkeley, Bamber Lake, and Cedar
Glen Lakes.

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 these storms.
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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3988 7427 3993 7471 4004 7466 4018 7462
      4024 7425 4002 7422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 272DEG 27KT 4013 7444 4003 7440 3990 7444 

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

$$

MJL

631 
WWUS51 KPHI 082310
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
710 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

NJC005-021-025-029-082318-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-250708T2315Z/
Ocean NJ-Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Monmouth NJ-
710 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...
SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...NORTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
MONMOUTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
southern and central New Jersey.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for 
Northern Ocean County and Southern Monmouth County in New Jersey 
until 745 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3988 7427 3993 7471 4004 7466 4018 7462
      4024 7425 4002 7422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 270DEG 27KT 4013 7432 4003 7428 3990 7432 

$$

MJL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 10:59 PM EDT	Flood Watch	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	23 hr
Jul 8, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	51 min
Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		115 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester, Salem	4 hr
Jul 8, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	44 min
Jul 8, 5:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	4 hr
Jul 8, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Mercer	49 min
Jul 8, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer	34 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset	38 min
Jul 8, 6:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean	34 min
Jul 8, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	48 min
Jul 8, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		113 min
Jul 8, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth	52 min
Jul 8, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		101 min
Jul 8, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PHI	Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean	41 min
Jul 8, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	46 min
Jul 8, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		117 min
Jul 8, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		116 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.