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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 338, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2026, 2:44 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 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 28, 2026, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2026, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
349
WUUS51 KPHI 281844
SVRPHI
NJC029-281915-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0338.260828T1844Z-260828T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
Issued by National Weather Service New York NY
244 PM EDT Fri Aug 28 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 244 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Barnegat, or
15 miles south of Toms River, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Barnegat, Beachwood, Seaside Heights, Surf City,
Mantoloking, Dover Beaches North, Brookville, Dover Beaches South,
Beach Haven West, Holiday City South, South Toms River, Island
Heights, Bay Head, and Ocean Acres.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3978 7408 3968 7413 3961 7418 3959 7422
3961 7423 3962 7423 3963 7424 3964 7424
3985 7437 4007 7403 4006 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 240DEG 23KT 3977 7416
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
PHI1 follow-up statement
527
WWUS51 KPHI 281912
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
Issued by National Weather Service New York NY
312 PM EDT Fri Aug 28 2026
NJC029-281922-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0338.000000T0000Z-260828T1915Z/
Ocean NJ-
312 PM EDT Fri Aug 28 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3978 7408 3968 7413 3961 7418 3959 7422
3961 7423 3962 7423 3963 7424 3964 7424
3985 7437 4007 7403 4006 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 240DEG 23KT 3985 7398
$$
PHIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Aug 28, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Aug 28, 1:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Aug 28, 1:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Aug 28, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Aug 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Ocean | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 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.