Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1988, 6:02 PM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 58 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 1, 1988, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1988, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cumberland 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, 6:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cumberland, 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, 10.0 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.
- 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 KACY 012203
SVRACY
NJC011-012300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
602 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...CUMBERLAND
RADAR HAS DETECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS GLOUCESTER AND
SALEM COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED
STRONG WINDS AND DOWNED BRANCHES ACROSS SALEM AND GLOUCESTER.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
SCURA....What 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, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 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 17 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 13 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, 14 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, 9 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
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDT, 6 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, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 37 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.