A shortwave and pre-frontal trough moved into a very hot, humid, and unstable airmass, which sparked off several severe thunderstorms, mainly producing damaging wind gusts.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A shortwave and pre-frontal trough moved into a very hot, humid, and unstable airmass, which sparked off several severe thunderstorms, mainly producing damaging wind gusts.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 4:52 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
552 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024
.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front will move across the east coast tonight, then
offshore and out to sea on Monday. High pressure will build to
the south the region through Tuesday. Another cold front is
expected to move across the east coast Wednesday night and
offshore by Thursday morning. High pressure builds across the
Mid Atlantic and northeastern states Friday, then offshore
Friday night. Another cold front is expected later Saturday into
Sunday.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch #449 has been expanded to include the
remainder of the New Jersey counties in our CWA, in addition to
the eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey it already
covered. Models guidance continues to show the cluster of storms
moving across the Philadelphia metro area expanding and
strengthening as it moves eastward, along with other shower and
thunderstorms increasing in coverage and intensity over the
next few hours due to widespread instability and shear across
the area. Damaging winds, hail, heavy rainfall, and frequent
lightning will be possible with any storms. Pay attention to the
skies and keep a source of weather informations handy into the
evening. Tonight, the cold front crosses the area setting off
showers and tstms mostly for the evening hours. The CAPE and
shear conditions remain favorable for tstms which may become
severe at times. The SPC continues with a SLIGHT risk for severe
weather into the overnight. Once the front passes, the
showers/tstms end from NW to SE.
In the meantime, extreme heat and humidity continue over the
area with the Excessive Heat Warning and Heat Advisory flags
continuing. Heat index values in the 100 to 110 range are being
observed as of 2 PM. Once tstms develop, damaging winds and
localized excessive rains are possible.
Lows will remain very warm with upper 60s N/W and low/mid 70s
S/E. The cooler/drier air will arrive well behind the front.
Winds turn from Southwest to West overnight.
For Monday, the front will be east of the area Monday morning.
Drier and cooler air arrives behind it. Any early morning
showers across ern Delaware or extreme SE NJ around dawn will
end by mid-morning. Clouds will decrease from NW to SE across
the area. Daytime temperatures will be quite a bit cooler for
most areas with mid/upper 70s for the Southern Poconos and
Lehigh Valley areas and low/mid 80s for metro Philadelphia and
much of NJ. A few upper 80s for Delmarva are possible. The dew
points will be much lower with a more comfortable feel to the
air. Winds will be West to Northwest and increase to 10 to 15
mph with gusts to 25 mph at times.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
The short term forecast begins with dry weather expected for
Monday night through Tuesday night. High pressure will build out
of the Ohio River Valley Monday night, across Virginia and
North Carolina during the day Tuesday, then offshore Tuesday
night. Our area will be on the northern fringe of the high, and
even though there area a couple of short wave/vorticity impulses
expected in the northwest to west flow aloft Monday night and
Tuesday, low PW values will not be conducive to precipitation.
By Tuesday night, moisture will be increasing across the area,
but there is not expected to be any forcing mechanism to help
create showers.
As we move into Wednesday and Wednesday night, a cold front
will approach the area from the west late in the day, then move
across the Mid Atlantic region Wednesday night. Wednesday will
likely be another hot and humid day ahead of the approaching
front, similar to this past week and weekend. But thankfully it
looks like the heat should not last long. There will be
instability across the area with CAPE values 500-1000 J/kg,
along with some enhanced shear with values reaching 30-40 knots.
So there will be the potential for some stronger storms to
develop. The cold front will move through overnight, so there
may be a greater chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight,
although the storms may not be as strong during the overnight
hours.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
The aforementioned cold front will move offshore by Thursday
morning and out to sea during the day. There could be some
lingering showers near the coast as the front departs the area,
but most areas will be dry. High pressure will then build across
the Mid Atlantic and northeastern states Friday, then offshore
Friday night. This will bring another period of dry weather to
the area.
Yet another cold front is expected to move across the area next
weekend, although there are some timing differences with the
models. While the GFS and Canadian have the front moving through
as early as Saturday night, the ECMWF has the front moving
through during the day Sunday. So we will keep the higher chance
of precipitation for the Saturday night through Sunday night
period, although it will not likely rain the whole time.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
The following discussion is for KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG,
KILG, KMIV, KACY and surrounding areas.
.Thru the evening... Increasing chances and coverage for
showers and tstms. Lower CIGS/VSBYS included in TAFS for most
likely timing of the tstms. Low confid in which terminals will
be affected and timing is Moderate confid. S/SW winds 10 to 20
kts with G20-25 kts expected, higher gusts in and around
thunderstorms. Medium confid overall.
.Tonight... Showers/tstms moving E thru the area overnight then
ending. Clouds decreasing from NW/SE overnight. CIGS returning
to VFR after showers/tstms end.
.Monday... Any lingering low clouds during the early morning,
most likely near KACY/KMIV, will move away around 12Z. VFR
expected for the day with gusty W/NW winds developing. Gusts of
20 to 25 kts expected. Medium confid.
Outlook...
Monday night...VFR conditions expected. Gusty northwest winds
20-25 knots early in the evening, then northwest 5-10 knots.
Tuesday...VFR conditions expected. Gusty northwest winds around 15
knots during the day.
Tuesday night...VFR conditions expected.
Wednesday...Mostly VFR conditions expected. Chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon which may lead to lower conditions.
Gusty southwest winds 15-20 knots.
Wednesday night...Periods of sub-VFR conditions possible with
showers and thunderstorms likely.
Thursday...VFR conditions expected. Gusty northwest winds 15-20
knots.
Thursday night...VFR conditions expected
Friday...VFR conditions expected.
&&
.MARINE...
The SCA flag will continue tonight and into Monday for the ocean
waters. The lower Delaware Bay was added too with more gusts and
choppy seas expected to develop this afternoon/evening associated
with showers/tstms. Once the front passes overnight, surface winds
will switch around to W/NW and continue to be gusty into Monday.
Showers/tstms expected to develop later this afternoon and continue
into the early overnight. Fair weather for Monday.
Outlook...
Monday night-Tuesday night...Conditions expected to remain below
advisory levels.
Wednesday-Wednesday night...Conditions may reach Small Craft
Advisory levels.
Thursday-Friday...Conditions expected to remain below advisory
levels.
Rip Currents...
Monday...West-northwest winds around 10-15 mph with gusts up to
20 mph and breaking waves around 2 to 3 feet. Although wind
direction will be directed offshore, wave periods are expected
to increase to around 7 to 8 seconds. For this reason, have
maintained a MODERATE Risk for the development of dangerous rip
currents for both NJ/DE beaches.
Tuesday...Northwest winds will back to southerly as the day
goes on around 10 mph. Breaking waves around 1 to 2 feet. With
winds mainly directed offshore or parallel to the coast and
much lower wave heights, have opted to go with a LOW Risk of rip
currents for all beaches.
For specific beach forecasts, visit weather.gov/beach/phi
&&
.CLIMATE...
Record high temperatures for today.
Location Record High (6/23)
Philadelphia, PA 97/1888
Allentown, PA 95/1965
Reading, PA 96/1908
Mount Pocono, PA 90/1908
Trenton, NJ 97/1894
AC Airport, NJ 98/1988
AC Marina, NJ 91/1909
Wilmington, DE 100/1894
Georgetown, DE 100/1988
&&
.PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM EDT this evening for PAZ070-
071-102-104-106.
Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for PAZ054-055-
060>062-101-103-105.
NJ...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM EDT this evening for NJZ009-
010-012-013-015>020-027.
Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for NJZ001-007-008-
014-021>026.
High Risk for Rip Currents until 8 PM EDT this evening for
NJZ024>026.
DE...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM EDT this evening for DEZ001.
Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for DEZ002>004.
MD...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for MDZ012-015-019-
020.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM EDT Monday for ANZ431-450>455.
&&
SYNOPSIS...Robertson
NEAR TERM...OHara
SHORT TERM...Robertson
LONG TERM...Robertson
AVIATION...OHara/Robertson
MARINE...DeSilva/OHara/Robertson
CLIMATE...Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1245 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0339 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Carteret 40.58N 74.22W
06/22/2024 Middlesex NJ Public
Late report. Caller reported numerous trees
down in Carteret. Radar indicated
microburst. Time estimated from radar.
&&
StaarmannPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
542 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM Hail Aston 39.86N 75.43W
06/23/2024 M0.25 Inch Delaware PA Public
&&
DeSilvaThe Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
25 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
NJ Turnpike Auth: Downed tree on Garden State Parkway northbound South of Exit 58 - CR 539 (Little Egg Harbor Twp) . Time estimated from radar.
Large tree down on South Bellmawr Ave. Time estimated.
Reports of trees down along the Delaware River in Delanco. Time estimated from radar.
Numerous trees down, lines down and a picture of a gazebo collapsed in Delanco. Time estimated from radar.
Picture of large tree down on the NJ Turnpike near mile marker 37. Time estimated from radar.
Picture showed a couple of large trees uprooted in the Strawbridge Lake section in Moorestown. Time estimated from radar.
Picture showed a large tree uprooted and onto a house on Highland Avenue in Moorestown. Time estimated from radar.
Report of wires down in Willingboro near Veterans Parkway. Time estimated from radar.
Large tree down across a fence. Time estimated from radar.
Video of trees down along Church Road in Mount Laurel. The left lane was closed. Time estimated from radar.
Multiple trees and large branches down. Biggest was at intersection of Cooper St and Melrose Ave.
Report from mPING: 3-inch tree limbs broken; Power poles broken.
Several trees down in Pilesgrove, NJ. Time estimated from radar.
Large tree down across a road in Woodstown. Time estimated.
Report from mPING: 1-inch tree limbs broken; Shingles blown off. Time adjusted based on radar data.
Report from mPING: 1-inch tree limbs broken; Shingles blown off.
Numerous large downed branches on the shoulder of CR530. Time given in report.
Trained spotter trees down around Pitman. Time estimated from radar.
Tree snapped and lying across the road at intersection of Cedar Ave and Holly Ave. Time estimated.
Video sent in of large branches down on wires, with wires on fire. Time estimated from radar.
Downed tree on NJ 166 southbound North of CR 530/CR 527/CR 549 in Toms River Twp. There is a lane closure. Time estimated from radar.
Several trees down in Beachwood. Time estimated from radar.
A man was struck and killed by lightning as he was returning to the beach to warn others about the impending thunderstorm.
Report of Wires down along Route 563 in Washington Township, NJ. Time estimated from radar.
Report from mPING: 1-inch tree limbs broken; Shingles blown off.
Report of tree damage around Lacey Township/Forked River with power outages. Time estimated from radar.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Ocean | 2024-06-23 | 59 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Jersey in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, June 2024
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