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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2025, 5:29 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 14 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, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2025, 5:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
077
WFUS51 KPHI 262129
TORPHI
NJC029-262200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0004.250426T2129Z-250426T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
529 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 529 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Beachwood, or near Toms River, moving east at 25
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Beachwood, Seaside Heights, Island Heights, Dover Beaches South,
and Toms River.
This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 78 and 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3998 7397 3980 7397 3989 7422 3993 7423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 274DEG 23KT 3991 7418
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RCM1 follow-up statement
366 WWUS51 KPHI 262143 RRA SVSPHI Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 543 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025 NJC029-262153- /O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250426T2200Z/ Ocean NJ- 543 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. LAT...LON 3998 7397 3980 7397 3989 7422 3993 7423 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 274DEG 23KT 3990 7406 $$ 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, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 27 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.