Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1988, 5:42 PM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 93 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
- Aug 29, 1988, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1988, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burlington County, NJ, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 5:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Burlington, NJ | |
| Aug 29, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | 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
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KACY 292143
SVRACY
NJC005-029-292345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
542 PM EDT MON AUG 29 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...BURLINGTON...OCEAN
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
PROGRESS OVER CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LINE
WHICH IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND WILL CROSS THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF BURLINGTON AND OCEAN COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS...WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
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.
NESMITHWhat 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 29, 1:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
120 PM EDT MON AUG 29 1988
RAIN...HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF DELAWARE AS THE REMNANTS OF T.S CHRIS MOVES
THRU NORTHEAST MARYLAND.
WINDS OVER THE FIRST STATE HAVE BEGUN TO PICK UP AND WILL
BECOME SOMEWHAT BRISK AND GUSTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON IN MANY LOCATIONS. SOUTHERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH.
BOATERS ON THE BAY SHOULD TAKE NOTE AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL
THE WINDS DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
CKD
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]Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
430 PM EDT MON AUG 29 1988
...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN DELAWARE...
AT 415 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN ON THE
DELAWARE/MARYLAND STATE LINE JUST NORTHWEST OF HARRINGTON.
IT IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY OF DELAWARE DURING THE HOUR. SOME BRIEF WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN KENT COUNTY SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
CS
]Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
438 PM EDT MON AUG 29 1988
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY
NEW JERSEY INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 430 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY NEW JERSEY TO WESTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF DELAWARE BAY INTO
CENTRAL DELAWARE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED EARLIER
AS THE LINE MOVED THROUGH ELMER NEW JERSEY.
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.
SPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 66 min |
| Aug 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 67 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.