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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 26, 2025Ocean County, New Jersey

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.

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, 9.5 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.

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.

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

$$

RCM
1 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.

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, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean27 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.