Alert archive / New Jersey / Burlington County
Weather alerts in Burlington County, New Jersey, 2008
178 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Burlington County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 178
- Warnings
- 63
- Watches
- 29
- Advisories
- 51
- Busiest month
- July29 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 10, 200810 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Burlington County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them.
Burlington County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 38 | 16 | 58% | 7 | 43% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 1 | 100% | 52 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: tornado warnings | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: severe thunderstorm warnings | 273 | 120 | 56% | 264 | 79% | 26 min |
| NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: flash flood warnings | 37 | 13 | 65% | 21 | 71% | 58 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 3:34 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | 10 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jan 17, 10:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | 22 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:13 AM EST | Snow Advisory | PHI | 15 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | 24 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:04 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 6 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:49 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | 35 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:17 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | 22 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:28 PM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | 29 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 9:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PHI | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:59 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PHI | 32 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | 29 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:23 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Mar 5, 1:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:32 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Mar 5, 2:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 40 min |
| Mar 6, 3:22 PM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | 51 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | 27 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 37 min |
| Mar 8, 12:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:58 PM EST | High Wind Warning | PHI | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 2:59 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | 36 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 68 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | 17 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | 17 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | 113 min |
| Apr 28, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 2:58 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | 17 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:15 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | 17 hr |
| May 3, 11:52 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 15 hr |
| May 7, 10:21 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 4 hr |
| May 8, 2:47 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | 19 hr |
| May 9, 10:54 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | 5 hr |
| May 10, 9:05 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | 6 hr |
| May 11, 5:15 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | PHI | 10 hr |
| May 11, 5:15 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 10 hr |
| May 11, 3:34 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | PHI | 40 hr |
| May 11, 9:06 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | 19 hr |
| May 18, 4:45 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | 6 hr |
| May 27, 7:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 42 min |
| May 31, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 9 min |
| May 31, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 2:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:34 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PHI | 71 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:46 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PHI | 5 days |
| Jun 7, 3:35 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | 3 days |
| Jun 8, 2:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 79 min |
| Jun 14, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 12:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 69 min |
| Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 30, 12:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 30, 12:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 78 min |
| Jul 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | 104 min |
| Jul 15, 3:41 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PHI | 4 days |
| Jul 17, 4:09 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PHI | 3 days |
| Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 5:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | 25 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 11:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | 78 min |
| Jul 27, 11:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 34 min |
| Jul 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:54 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:47 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | 34 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 2, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 10:27 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 10:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 84 min |
| Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 10, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 8:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 10:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Aug 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Sep 4, 5:00 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | NHC | 48 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:00 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | 57 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:00 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | NHC | 60 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:51 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | PHI | 19 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:44 PM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | PHI | 34 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:44 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | PHI | 24 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:09 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Sep 6, 5:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 8:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 9, 9:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 19, 4:40 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 9 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 11 hr |
| Sep 24, 5:15 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | PHI | 23 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:52 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | 35 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:44 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 21 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:38 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 11 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:55 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | 13 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:11 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 28 hr |
| Oct 19, 3:04 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | 30 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:38 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 14 hr |
| Oct 23, 4:30 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | 29 hr |
| Oct 25, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | 42 min |
| Oct 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | 36 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:19 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | PHI | 16 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:00 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 19 hr |
| Nov 14, 1:28 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 8 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:21 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 7 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:25 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 22 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:22 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 15, 6:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 21, 7:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | 6 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:57 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | 18 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:28 PM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | 42 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:10 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 19 hr |
| Dec 11, 7:46 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | 9 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | 13 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:10 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:32 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | 12 hr |
| Dec 11, 10:05 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | 11 hr |
| Dec 11, 11:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | 14 hr |
| Dec 12, 9:00 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | 6 hr |
| Dec 12, 9:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | 30 hr |
| Dec 12, 7:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | 8 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | 6 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | 22 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 6:35 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | 23 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:49 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | 22 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:32 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 15 hr |
| Dec 31, 5:01 AM EST | High Wind Warning | PHI | 14 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:27 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | 7 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.