Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1987, 5:13 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1987, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1987, 6:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KACY 192113
SVRACY
NJC029-192210-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
513 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 610 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... OCEAN
...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
AT 505 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN MONMOUTH
COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED
STRONG WINDS...HAIL...CONTINUOUS LIGHTING AND HEAVY RAIN.
MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM WILL TAKE IT THROUGH TOMS RIVER AND SOUTH
TO NEAR BARNEGAT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER OTHER SECTIONS
OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD
PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND LIGHTNING. SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE
SHELTER. MOBILE TRAILERS ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND
SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE AREA.
JAEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 350 PM EDT SUN JULY 19 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR A LARGE AREA THAT INCLUDES EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY. IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF PIKE...MONROE...CARBON...SCHUYLKILL... LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON AND BERKS COUNTIES. AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THERE WAS ALSO A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. $$DOVICO
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:37 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 436 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY AND FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY THE POCONOS THE NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN AND SOUTHEAST PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA PLUS ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... LITTLE IF ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY AND FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY MOVING SOUTH AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING DETECTED IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. ACS
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:38 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 430 PM EDT SUN JULY 19 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF PIKE MONROE...CARBON...SCHUYLKILL. ALSO...THE COUNTIES OF SUSSEX...WARREN AND HUNTERDON ARE INCLUDED IN NEW JERSEY. AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN CARBON COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THERE WAS ALSO A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. $$DOVICO
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:48 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 335 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY UNTIL 10 PM EDT...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR COASTAL WATERS MANASQUAN TO BARNEGAT UNTIL 540 PM EDT... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CON TINUE TO POUND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY FROM ASBURY PARK MONMOUTH COUNTY ACROSS MIDDLESEX COUNTY TO JUST NORTHWEST IF NEW BRUNSWICK SOMERSET COUNTY AND ALSO BETWEEN NEWARK AND MORRISTOWN. MOVE- MENT WAS SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL CAN ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FROM ALLENTOWN/BETHLEHEM TO HAZELTOWN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NO THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS WERE BEING DETECTED IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. FXD
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:51 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 335 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY UNTIL 10 PM EDT...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR COASTAL WATERS MANASQUAN TO BARNEGAT UNTIL 540 PM EDT... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO POUND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY FROM ASBURY PARK MONMOUTH COUNTY ACROSS MIDDLESEX COUNTY TO JUST NORTHWEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK SOMERSET COUNTY AND ALSO BETWEEN NEWARK AND MORRISTOWN. MOVE- MENT WAS SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL CAN ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FROM ALLENTOWN/BETHLEHEM TO HAZELTOWN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NO THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS WERE BEING DETECTED IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. FXD
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:01 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
500 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1987
...CANCEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 398 FOR NEW CASTLE
COUNTY OF DELAWARE...
AS OF 5 PM EDT THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED
...A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM FOR THIS EVENING
FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY OTHERWISE FAIR WEATHER OVERNIGHT.
REPEAT CANCEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
DEALWARE AS OF 5 PM.
CKD
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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.