Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 14, 1987Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1987, 3:30 PM EDT for Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
Jul 14, 1987, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1987, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Camden 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 3:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Camden, 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1987-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1987-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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 KPHL 141933
SVRPHL
NJC007-142015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY OF

CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN

RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING
OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN CAMDEN COUTY AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN
CAMDEN COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH.

 THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL..0.VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND LIGHTNING. SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND
SHOULD BE AVOIDED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
IN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 9 PM.


GCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington45 min
Jul 14, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland57 min
Jul 14, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington63 min
Jul 14, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May50 min
Jul 14, 6:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.