Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1989, 6:55 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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 16, 1989, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1989, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden 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 16, 6:56 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Camden, NJ | |
| Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Burlington, NJ | |
| Jun 16, 7:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 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 162255
SVRPHL
NJC007-005-162345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
655 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEW JERSEY
CAMDEN...BURLINGTON
AT 650 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
GLOUCESTER COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.
AT 650 PM 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND LIGHTNING. SHOULUD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND
SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN PA.
AND THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
ACSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean | 67 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.