Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2026, 4:03 PM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 42 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2026, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 4:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Manchester Twp, NJ | Trees reported down around Manchester Township. Time estimated by radar. |
| Jul 18, 4:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lacey Twp, NJ | Trees reported down around Lacey Twp. Time estimated by radar. |
| Jul 18, 4:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Toms River, NJ | Trees reported down around Toms River. Time estimated by radar. |
| Jul 18, 4:29 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 46 | 1 Ssw Seaside Park, NJ | Wunderground station KNJSEASI44. Seaside Park Yacht Club. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
005
WUUS51 KPHI 182003
SVRPHI
NJC005-029-182045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0190.260718T2003Z-260718T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
403 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
East central Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 403 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Presidential
Lakes, or 20 miles west of Toms River, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Beachwood, Presidential Lakes Estates, Seaside Heights,
Dover Beaches North, Holiday City South, Pleasant Plains,
Chatsworth, Dover Beaches South, Presidential Lakes, Holiday
City-Berkeley, Bamber Lake, Cedar Glen Lakes, Whiting, Pine Ridge
At Crestwood, Browns Mills, Old Halfway, Leisure Village West-Pine
Lake Park, Brookville, and South Toms River.
This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 70 and 86.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southern New
Jersey.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Mount Holly NJ.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southern New
Jersey.
&&
LAT...LON 3979 7464 3997 7465 4004 7386 3977 7384
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 267DEG 36KT 3989 7455
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
MPS1 follow-up statement
857 WWUS51 KPHI 182036 SVSPHI Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 436 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026 NJC005-029-182045- /O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-260718T2045Z/ Ocean NJ-Burlington NJ- 436 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OCEAN AND EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southern New Jersey. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ. LAT...LON 3979 7464 3997 7465 4004 7386 3977 7384 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 267DEG 36KT 3991 7415 $$ MPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 21 min |
| Jul 18, 12:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 118 min | |
| Jul 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 89 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 118 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jul 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Jul 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 7:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.