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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2025Cumberland County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2025, 6:42 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2025, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 7:04 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Rosenhayn, NJLarge tree down blocking Big Oak Road. Time estimated from radar.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2025-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1900 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2025-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

738 
WUUS51 KPHI 082242
SVRPHI
NJC011-015-033-082330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0164.250708T2242Z-250708T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Cumberland County in southern New Jersey...
  Salem County in southern New Jersey...
  Central Gloucester County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 642 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hancocks
  Bridge, or 11 miles northwest of Bridgeton, moving east 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...
  Vineland, Millville, Bridgeton, Glassboro, Salem, Woodstown,
  Alloway, Quinton, Elmer, Shiloh, Olivet, Hancocks Bridge, Newport
  Meadows, Seabrook Farms, Rosenhayn, and Centerton.

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 3942 7546 3949 7554 3957 7551 3970 7516
      3944 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 253DEG 19KT 3950 7543 

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

$$

Staarmann
2 follow-up statements
173 
WWUS51 KPHI 082304
SVSPHI

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

NJC011-015-033-082330-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-250708T2330Z/
Cumberland NJ-Salem NJ-Gloucester NJ-
704 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SALEM AND CENTRAL
GLOUCESTER COUNTIES...

At 704 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Olivet, or 7
miles north of Bridgeton, moving east at 25 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...
Vineland, Millville, Bridgeton, Glassboro, Alloway, Elmer, Shiloh,
Olivet, Seabrook Farms, Rosenhayn, and Centerton.

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 3943 7537 3953 7536 3961 7539 3970 7516
      3944 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 256DEG 22KT 3953 7520 

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

$$

Staarmann
230 
WWUS51 KPHI 082324
SVSPHI

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

NJC011-015-033-082332-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-250708T2330Z/
Cumberland NJ-Salem NJ-Gloucester NJ-
724 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN SALEM AND CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730
PM EDT...

The storm which prompted the warning is moving out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, the storm 
which prompted this warning is continuing east, and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for portions of northern 
Cumberland, southern Gloucester, and Atlantic Counties.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
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 3943 7537 3953 7536 3961 7539 3970 7516
      3944 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 253DEG 19KT 3955 7510 

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 10:59 PM EDTFlood WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more23 hr
Jul 8, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex51 min
Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI115 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
Jul 8, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester44 min
Jul 8, 5:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden4 hr
Jul 8, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer49 min
Jul 8, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer34 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset38 min
Jul 8, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean43 min
Jul 8, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean34 min
Jul 8, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI113 min
Jul 8, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth52 min
Jul 8, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI101 min
Jul 8, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean41 min
Jul 8, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem46 min
Jul 8, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI117 min
Jul 8, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI116 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.