Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1987, 5:00 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 13, 1987, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1987, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Ocean, 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, 9.0 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
- 352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KACY 132100
SVRACY
NJC029-132200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
500 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... OCEAN
...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
AT 445 PM RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL
NEW JERSEY. ONE STORM IN PARTICULAR WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN OCEAN
COUNTY AND APPEARED TO BE VERY STRONG. IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT HAIL MAY
FALL AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE COUNTY ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS...
CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 20MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NEW
JERSEY UNTIL 9PM SO ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING.
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.
JAEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 60 min |
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.