Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1989, 1:55 PM EDT for Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1989, 1:55 PM EDT (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1989, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gloucester County, NJ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 021757
SVRPHL
NJC015-021845-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
155 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...GLOUCESTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF SALEM COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST
AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BUILD TOWARDS
THE NORTH AND MOVE ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GLOUCESTER
COUNTY.
WIND GUSTS TO 62 MILES AN HOUR AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IN SALEM COUNTY.
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 YOU3...SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS
AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
HASKOWhat 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, Jun 2, 10:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 1056 AM EDT FRI JUN 02 1989 ...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE THROUGH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO SOUTHEASTERN OHIO WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND SOUTH TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING IN THE WARM HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON TO HARRISBURG. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. EXPECTED THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. MOST THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST BY 9 PM.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:47 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 230 PM EDT FRI JUNE 2 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR ALL THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND ADJACENT WATERS... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN ALLENTOWN AND PHILADELPHIA. IN SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS IN SALEM COUNTY. AT THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO MERCER COUNTY AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL IN ADDITION TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREA&TENING CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. WPA
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:48 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 230 PM EDT FRI JUNE 2 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR ALL THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND ADJACENT WATERS... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN ALLENTOWN AND PHILADELPHIA. IN SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS IN SALEM COUNTY. AT THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO MERCER COUNTY AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL IN ADDITION TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREA'TENING CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. BC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 60 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.