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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 2, 1989Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1989, 4:28 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1989, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1989, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1989-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1989-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 022031
SVRPHL
NJC005-022115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
428 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
          ...CENTRAL BURLINGTON
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
SHOWS A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
EAST OF ATSION NEW JERSEY.  THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST.
 
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 APPROAbCH YOU...SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHELTER.  MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS
AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem60 min
Jun 2, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester50 min
Jun 2, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean69 min
Jun 2, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean66 min
Jun 2, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May66 min
Jun 2, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland76 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.