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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 26, 2025Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2025, 5:16 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 27 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
Apr 26, 2025, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2025, 5:43 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2025-04-26Temperature 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 2025-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

756 
WUUS51 KPHI 262116
SVRPHI
NJC029-262200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0020.250426T2116Z-250426T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
516 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Ocean County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 516 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bamber Lake,
  or 8 miles southwest of Toms River, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Silver Ridge, Beachwood, Crestwood Village, Holiday City-Berkeley,
  Bamber Lake, Gilford Park, South Toms River, Holiday City, Holiday
  City South, Island Heights, Pine Ridge At Crestwood, Holiday
  Heights, Seaside Heights, Dover Beaches South, and Toms River.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 72 and 82.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3987 7440 3997 7435 3996 7404 3977 7408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 276DEG 22KT 3991 7431 

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

$$

RCM
1 follow-up statement
833 
WWUS51 KPHI 262143
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
543 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

NJC029-262153-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-250426T2200Z/
Ocean NJ-
543 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3987 7440 3997 7435 3996 7404 3977 7408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 276DEG 22KT 3989 7409 

$$

RCM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI29 min
Apr 26, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Apr 26, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI68 min
Apr 26, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIOcean14 min
Apr 26, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Apr 26, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.