Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1988, 6:00 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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
- May 22, 1988, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1988, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atlantic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Ocean, NJ | |
| May 22, 6:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Atlantic, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 222202
SVRACY
NJC001-222300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
600 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...ATLANTIC AND EXTREME SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY...
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH HEADING ACROSS SOUTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY ABOUT TO MOVE INTO
ATLANTIC COUNTY AND POSSIBLY EXTREME SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
AND HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH 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....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, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 62 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.