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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2026, 2:57 PM EDT for Burlington County, 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
- Aug 3, 2026, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2026, 3:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 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), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted.
865
WUUS51 KPHI 031857
SVRPHI
NJC005-029-031945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0273.260803T1857Z-260803T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
257 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 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 345 PM EDT.
* At 257 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bamber Lake,
or 11 miles southwest of Toms River, 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...
Toms River, Barnegat, Beachwood, Seaside Heights, Holiday
City-Berkeley, Bamber Lake, Cedar Glen Lakes, Whiting, Brookville,
Holiday City South, Pine Ridge At Crestwood, Old Halfway, Dover
Beaches South, South Toms River, Island Heights, Silver Ridge,
Crestwood Village, Gilford Park, Holiday City, and Holiday Heights.
This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 68 and 82.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3978 7448 3996 7447 3998 7394 3971 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 274DEG 16KT 3988 7435
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Fitzsimmons1 follow-up statement
788 WWUS51 KPHI 031924 SVSPHI Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 324 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2026 NJC005-029-031933- /O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-260803T1945Z/ Ocean NJ-Burlington NJ- 324 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2026 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OCEAN AND EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. LAT...LON 3978 7448 3996 7447 3998 7394 3971 7396 TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 274DEG 16KT 3987 7420 $$ Fitzsimmons
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 11:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 4:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 69 min | |
| Aug 3, 9:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Salem | 86 min |
| Aug 3, 10:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 74 min |
| Aug 3, 1:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 24 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 97 min | |
| Aug 3, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 90 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.