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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 13, 2025Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2025, 6:46 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 13, 2025, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2025, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
44 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2025-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1273 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

435 
WUUS51 KPHI 132246
SVRPHI
NJC025-132330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0217.250813T2246Z-250813T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
646 PM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

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

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 646 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Middletown,
  or near Sandy Hook, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Long Branch, Sandy Hook, Middletown, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Red
  Bank, Keansburg, Highlands, Elberon, Navesink, Lincroft, Eatontown,
  West Long Branch, Rumson, Little Silver, Oceanport, Shrewsbury, and
  North Middletown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4026 7397 4034 7423 4046 7418 4045 7413
      4041 7399 4041 7398 4043 7399 4044 7399
      4048 7402 4047 7399 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 286DEG 17KT 4043 7409 

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

$$

pf
2 follow-up statements
495 
WWUS51 KPHI 132303
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
703 PM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025

NJC025-132330-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0217.000000T0000Z-250813T2330Z/
Monmouth NJ-
703 PM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...

At 703 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Highlands, or
over Sandy Hook, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Long Branch, Sandy Hook, Middletown, Tinton Falls, Red Bank,
Highlands, Elberon, Navesink, Lincroft, Eatontown, West Long Branch,
Rumson, Little Silver, Oceanport, and Shrewsbury.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4026 7398 4032 7416 4043 7410 4041 7400
      4041 7398 4046 7401 4047 7400 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 286DEG 17KT 4041 7399 

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

$$

PF
699 
WWUS51 KPHI 132325
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
725 PM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025

NJC025-132334-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0217.000000T0000Z-250813T2330Z/
Monmouth NJ-
725 PM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4026 7398 4032 7416 4043 7410 4041 7400
      4041 7398 4046 7401 4047 7400 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 286DEG 17KT 4038 7387 

$$

PF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 12:07 PM EDTFlood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Salem and 1 more9 hr
Aug 13, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Aug 13, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset, Warren41 min
Aug 13, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset36 min
Aug 13, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Aug 13, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington2 hr

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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.