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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
RCM1 follow-up statement
833 WWUS51 KPHI 262143 SVSPHI Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 543 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025 NJC029-262153- /O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-250426T2200Z/ Ocean NJ- 543 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. LAT...LON 3987 7440 3997 7435 3996 7404 3977 7408 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 276DEG 22KT 3989 7409 $$ RCM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 29 min | |
| Apr 26, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| Apr 26, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 68 min | |
| Apr 26, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Ocean | 14 min |
| Apr 26, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Apr 26, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 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.