Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1988, 5:53 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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 1, 1988, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1988, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gloucester County, NJ, Salem 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 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Gloucester, NJ | |
| Jun 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Gloucester, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPHL 012154 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC015-033-012230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
553 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...GLOUCESTER...SALEM
AT 550 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN
GLOUCESTER AND SALEM COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS AND DOWNED BRANCHES WERE REPORTED FROM
GLOUCESTER AND SALEM COUNTIES.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS
AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
HASKOWhat 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, Jun 1, 4:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 433 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR DELAWARE UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT... AT 415 PM WEARHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN ALLENTOWN AND HARRISBURG. THESE ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND COULD MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE NEAR 6PM THIS EVENING AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE STATE. AS YET NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES IF HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPROACHES. CS
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA 443 PM EDT WED JUN 01 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MUCH OF NEW JERSEY... AT 435 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF READING...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A ELVERSON TO COATESVILLE TO WEST GROVE LINE SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS... HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING...PLEASE MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. HASVKO
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 435 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 6 PM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR MOST OF NEW JERSEY... RADAR AT 430 PM SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LONG ISLAND NEW YORK...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PENNSLYVANIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER NASSAU COUNTY WLONG ISLAND...ONE 10 MILES EAST OF ALLENTOWN PENNSLYVANIA AND THE HAEVIEST WAS NEAR READING PENNSLYVANIA. THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. VAM
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 448 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MUCH OF NEW JERSEY... AT 435 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF READING...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF AN ELVERSON TO COATESVILLE TO WEST GROVE LINE SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 6 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS... HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING...PLEASE MOVE I_NDOORS IMMEDIATELY. HASKO
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:48 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 535 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 7 PM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR MOST OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSLYVANIA. RADAR AT 530 PM SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEWARK NEW JERSEY SOUTHEAST TO NEAR TRENTON AND INTO SOUTHEAST PENNSLYVANIA AND THEN INTO NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER LONG ISLAND NEW YORK AND THERE WERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY INTO EAST CENTRAL PENNSLYVANIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL AND STRONG WIND. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NEAR TRENTON NEW JERSEY...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLENTOWN AND ONE 25 MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA. VAM
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 550 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR BERKS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR BERKS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA HAS EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED SOUTH OUT OF THE COUNTY AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT TO THAT AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE LOCATED FROM SCRANTON OVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY TO SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN HIGH WIND...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER...AND IF SIGHTED BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. GIANNETTA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.