Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1988, 5:13 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 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
- May 22, 1988, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1988, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burlington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Burlington, 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 50 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 222114
SVRACY
NJC005-222215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
513 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...BURLINGTON
RADAR HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO BURLINGTON
COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS
PRODUCED HAIL 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE F OR 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, May 22, 12:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 1206 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 1988 ...THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... THERE IS A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. GRW
Special weather statement, May 22, 1:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN BUCKS COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA... AT 130 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHERN BUCKS COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND COULD MOVE INTO EASTERN HUNTERDON AND EXTREME NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS AS IT PASSES...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. ALL THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS. SEEK SHEpLTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRW
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:13 PM EDT, 3 hours before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 210 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO POP UP OVER EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 205PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED NEAR ORWIGSBURG IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY... EXTREME NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY EAST OF HAZELTON AND IN NEW JERSEY JUST ACROSS THE DELAWARE RIVER FROM RIEGELSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE AREA. $$LOEPER
Special weather statement, May 22, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 321 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY AND OVER NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA... AT 315 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA. SPOTTERS FROM FURLONG AND FROM WARINGTON REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL AS THE STORM PASSED. RADAR SHOWED A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. A SPOTTER FROM THE GLENSIDE/WILLOW GROVE AREA REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MERCER AND NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF BUCKS...PHILADELPHIA...MERCER AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRW
Special weather statement, May 22, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 335 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS DUMPING HEAVY RAIN AND DROPPING SMALL HAIL... ...SOME MOVING TOWARD THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL WATERS... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MATURED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND PARTS OF NEW JERSEY. WILLOW GROVE NAS IN SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA REPOR TED HEAVY RAIN...WITH PEA SIZED HAIL IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. RADAR SHOWED QUITE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A TRACK THAT BEGINS IN CARBON COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AND EXTENDS SOUTHEAST COVERING MOST OF LEHIGH...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY...NORTH ERN CHESTER AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED OVER OCEAN COUNTY IN JER SEY AND CHANCES ARE THEY WILL REACH THE COAST BEFORE TOO LONG. RADAR SHOWED ONE JUST NORTH OF TOMS RIVER. ANY ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. JAE
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 405 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 1988 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN BERKS COUNTY... AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM NEAR KUTZTOWN IN EASTERN BERKS COUNTY. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM IS MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND WESTERN BUCKS COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EASTSOUTHEAST INTO LEHIGH COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND WESTERN BUCKS COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ARRIVES. $$DOVICO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 45 min |
| May 22, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 60 min |
| May 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 54 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.