Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1988, 11:31 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 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, 11:31 PM EDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1988, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 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 1, 11:58 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KACY 020331
SVRACY
NJC029-020430-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
1131 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
OCEAN
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTY JUST MENTIONED
AT 1120 PM RADAR WAS DETECTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
BURLINGTON COUNTY ABOUT TO MOVE INTO OCEAN COUNTY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND COULD
CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PdASSED.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, 7:31 PM EDT, 4 hours before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 735 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM HAZELTON...SOUTHEAST OVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY...WEST TO READING...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF LEHIGH COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN BERKS COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. AND MAY CONTAIN HIGH WIND...HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WEATHER...AND IF SIGHTED BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. GIANNETTA
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 735 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM HAZELTON...SOUTHEAST OVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY...WEST TO READING...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF LEHIGH COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN BERKS COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. AND MAY CONTAIN HIGH WIND...HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WEATHER...AND IF SIGHTED BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. GIANNETTA
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 730 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 9 PM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR MOST OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSLYVANIA. RADAR AT 725 PM SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR TRENTON NEW JERSEY WEST INTO EAST CENTRAL PENNSLYVANIA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WAS 25 MILES WEST OF ALLENTOWN AND ANOTHER WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALLENTOWN PENNSLYVANIA. SHOWERS AND THUMDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OCEAN OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST OUT TO 100 MILES A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WAS ABOUT 15 MILES OFFSHORE ATLANTIC CITY. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. VAM
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 841 PM EDT WED JUN 01 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 830 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO BURLINGTON..5.CAMDEN...AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY BEFORE 9 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. SP
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 921 PM EDT WED JUN 1 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS IS LOCATED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM NEAR WILLIAMSPORT TO ALLENTOWN...WEST TO READING...AND OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE LOCATED BETWEEN WILLIAMSPORT AND HAZELTON. THESE SHOWERS ARE MmOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THE THREAT OF SEVERE HAS ENDED BUT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. $$BLACKBURN
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:54 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
1053 PM EDT WED JUN 01 1988
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM TRENTON NEW JERSEY TO PHILADELPHIA AREA...
AT 1045 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY THROUGH SOUTHERN
BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA TO SOUTHEAST DELAWARE COUNTY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.
WEATHER OBSERVERS IN HAMILTON SQUARE IN MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY
REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AROUND 1030 PM. SINCE THEN RADAR
HAS SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER THESE THUNDERSTORMS STILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEFLY HEAVY
DO0WNPOURS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY.
SPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 11:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 63 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.