Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1988, 3:07 PM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 17, 1988, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1988, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 3:40 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | 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, 7.1 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
- 1851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 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 171906
SVRACY
NJC011-171945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
307 PM EDT WED AUG 17 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...CUMBERLAND
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
VINELAND NEW JERSEY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS RACING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
AT 40 TO 45 MPH.
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.
SCURAWhat 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, Aug 17, 11:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 1128 AM EDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... DUE TO DRYNESS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT FRONTAL SYSTEMS MOVING INTO THE AREA UNTIL TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR MOST OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS AFTERNOON. AN EAST TO WEST COLD FRONT THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTH AND REACH THE NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA BORDER EARLY TONIGHT AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THURSDAY MORNING. A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES FROM THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND POSSIBLY PRODUCE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHERN MOST PART OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO DIMINISHIN+G...HOWEVER ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. ACS
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 1:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 115 PM EDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING CARBON AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES... AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CARBON AND EASTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 50 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF CARBON AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES BY 145 PM AND INTO LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES BY 200 PM. THESE STORMS CONTAIN STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND COULD CONTAIN HAIL. PEOPLE LIVING IN CARBON AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS ARRIVE. $$DOVICO
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:13 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA 213 PM EDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY... AT 200 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH BERKS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTO NORTHERN CHESTER AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM AREA WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY/SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY BORDER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. THIS THUNDERSTORM AREA MAY BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAINS...SOME HAIL...AND THE EVER DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM AREA SHOULD MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BETWEEN 245 PM AND 300 PM AND IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER...WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...AND SALEM AFTER 300 PM. HASKO
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:53 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 245 PM EDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BERKS...LEHIGH...SCHUYLKILL AND CARBON COUNTIES. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN EXISTS UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 45 MPH. PEOPLE LIVING IN BERKS...LEHIGH...SCHUYLKILL AND CARBON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. $$DOVICO
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:55 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 248 PM EDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SALEM AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES... AT 250 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN GLOUCESTER AND SALEM COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS FREQUENT VIVID LIGHTNING....GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY BY 330 THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE LIVING IN GLOUCESTER...SALEM...AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS... SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGTNING. THE STORM WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THESE COUNTIES BY 415 THIS AFTERNOON. GCH CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...AND SALEM AFTER 300 PM. HASKO
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:56 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 256 PM EDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SALEM AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES... AT 250 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN GLOUCESTER AND SALEM COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS FREQUENT VIVID LIGHTNING....GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY BY 330 THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE LIVING IN GLOUCESTER...SALEM...AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS... SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGTNING. THE STORM WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THESE COUNTIES BY 415 THIS AFTERNOON. GCH HASKO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 66 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.