Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2026, 9:54 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 42 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
- Sep 1, 2026, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2026, 10:36 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 Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
725
WUUS51 KPHI 020154
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-011-020300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0359.260902T0154Z-260902T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
954 PM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Atlantic County in southern New Jersey...
Southeastern Cumberland County in southern New Jersey...
Cape May County in southern New Jersey...
* Until 1100 PM EDT.
* At 953 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Dorothy to near Eldora, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Vineland, Millville, Ocean City, Cape May, Cumberland, Somers
Point, Margate City, North Wildwood, Laurel Lake, Wildwood Crest,
Woodbine, Sea Isle City, Estell Manor, Avalon, West Cape May,
Longport, Stone Harbor, Corbin City, Cape May Court House, and
Leesburg.
This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 0 and 32.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
In addition to large hail and damaging winds, frequent cloud to
ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors
immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough
to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3931 7445 3919 7462 3893 7483 3891 7486
3890 7493 3892 7500 3916 7492 3916 7499
3918 7505 3916 7512 3917 7517 3919 7518
3948 7492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 300DEG 29KT 3938 7481 3918 7493
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Staarmann2 follow-up statements
899
WWUS51 KPHI 020212
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1012 PM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026
NJC011-020222-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0359.000000T0000Z-260902T0300Z/
Cumberland NJ-
1012 PM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
southern New Jersey.
LAT...LON 3931 7445 3919 7462 3893 7483 3891 7486
3890 7490 3890 7495 3892 7499 3929 7486
3942 7475
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 302DEG 30KT 3928 7462 3907 7485
$$
NJC001-009-020300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0359.000000T0000Z-260902T0300Z/
Atlantic NJ-Cape May NJ-
1012 PM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES...
At 1012 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Beesleys Point to Cape May Court House, moving
southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Ocean City, Cape May, Somers Point, Margate City, North Wildwood,
Wildwood Crest, Woodbine, Sea Isle City, Estell Manor, Avalon, West
Cape May, Longport, Stone Harbor, Corbin City, Cape May Court House,
Scotch Bonnet, Beesleys Point, Seaville, Dennisville, and Strathmere.
This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 0 and 33.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3931 7445 3919 7462 3893 7483 3891 7486
3890 7490 3890 7495 3892 7499 3929 7486
3942 7475
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 302DEG 30KT 3928 7462 3907 7485
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Staarmann518
WWUS51 KPHI 020236
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1036 PM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026
NJC001-009-020246-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0359.000000T0000Z-260902T0300Z/
Atlantic NJ-Cape May NJ-
1036 PM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND
CAPE MAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area and
offshore. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
southern New Jersey.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Mount Holly NJ.
LAT...LON 3931 7445 3919 7462 3893 7483 3891 7486
3890 7490 3890 7495 3892 7499 3929 7486
3942 7475
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 300DEG 29KT 3919 7441 3898 7464
$$
StaarmannThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| Sep 1, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 94 min | |
| Sep 1, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 58 min |
| Sep 1, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 8:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 71 min |
| Sep 1, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington | 21 min |
| Sep 1, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington | 12 min |
| Sep 1, 9:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex | 116 min |
| Sep 1, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 68 min | |
| Sep 1, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min | |
| Sep 1, 9:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Gloucester | 115 min |
| Sep 1, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Sep 1, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Sep 1, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:53 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.