Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1988, 5:09 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 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 7, 1988, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1988, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cape May 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 7, 5:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Cape May, 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, 9.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 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 072111
SVRACY
NJC009-072215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
509 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...CAPE MAY
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
AT 5 OCLOCK RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL
DELAWARE BAY. THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS TRACKING SOUTHEAST
AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WINDS TO 66 MPH AT DOVER
DELAWARE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS QPATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 7, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 405 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM... AT 4PM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WEST CENTRAL PORTION OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS PARTICULAR STORM PRODUCED ONE INCH HAIL AS IT PASSED THROUGH NORTHERN CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND. STRONG WIND GUSTS ALSO ACCOMPNAIED
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:13 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PA AND SOUTHERN NJ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 412 PM EDT TUE JUN 07 1988 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... AT 400 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE COUNTY...ANOTHER IN SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 9 PM EDT. ACS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:37 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PA AND SOUTHERN NJ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 433 PM EDT TUE JUN 07 1988 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF CAMDEN COUNTY ...ANOTHER IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND ALSO IN NORTHERN KENT C;OUNTY IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 9 PM EDT. ACS
Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:39 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 437 PM EST TUE JUN 7 1988 DATE/TIME OF EVENT: 6/7/88 1615 TO 1625 EDT LOCATION OF EVENT: ODESSA DELAWARE DESCRIPTION: STATE POLICE TROOP 9 IN ODESSA REPORT ONE INCH HAIL AND NUM VEROUS TREES DOWN. MP
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:43 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 435 PM EDT TUE JUN 07 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...PLEASE SEE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS BEING ISSUED BY YOUR CLOSEST NWS OFFICE... RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA EXTENDING NORTHWEST TO NEAR HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA TO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY NEAR CAPE MAY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN DELAWARE JUST NORTH OF DOVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL BE OVER THE DELAWARE BAY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE DELAWARE BAY AND CAPE MAY... NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTH=EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOP INTO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS TAKE SHELTER.
Local storm report, Jun 7, 5:01 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
455 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1988
DATE/TIME OF EVENT: 6/7/88 AROUND 1635 EDT
LOCATION OF EVENT: SMYRNA, DE, KENT CO
DESCRIPTION: WIND GUSTS TO 63 MPH. MANY TREES DOWN
DOVER, DE KENT CO. TIME: 1652 EDT TREES DOWN JUST WEST OF DOV AFB.
SMYRNA DE TIME 1645: STANDING WATER FROM HEAVY RAINS. UNCONFIRMED
TORNADO. EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKN.
MP
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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.