Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 1986Atlantic County, Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1986, 9:28 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 1986, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 1986, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 11, 9:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Ocean, NJ
Jun 11, 9:40 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Atlantic, NJ
Jun 11, 9:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Burlington, NJ

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 32 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KACY 120128
SVRACY
NJC001-005-029-120230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
928 PM EDT WED JUN 11 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND 
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...SOUTHERN BURLINGTON AND SOUTHERN OCEAN
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED


 AT  920 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTIES
OF NEW JERSEY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY.
REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
GREATER AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER.

 RWK

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.