Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1989, 1:30 PM EDT for Salem 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
- Jun 2, 1989, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1989, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Salem 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 2, 1:35 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Salem, NJ | |
| Jun 2, 1:53 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Salem, 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 KPHL 021732
SVRPHL
NJC033-021830-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
130 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...SALEM
AT 125 PM THIS AFTERNOON...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILIMINGTON DELAWARE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING
INTO SALEM COUNTY OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
WIND GUSTS OF 62 MILES PER HOUR WAS REPORTED AT WILIMINGTON
AIRPORT ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS
AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
JWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 69 min |
| Jun 2, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 76 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.