Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1989, 7:53 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 67 min. 4 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, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1989, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Cape May, NJ | |
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Ocean, NJ | |
| Jun 16, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Atlantic, NJ | |
| Jun 16, 9:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 KACY 170005 RRA
SVRACY
NJC001-005-009-029-170100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
753 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...ATLANTIC...EASTERN BURLINGTON...CAPE MAY...OCEAN
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
AT 745 PM THIS EVENING WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER DELAWARE AND EASTERN DELAWARE
BAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY DURING THE
NEXT HALF HOUR.
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.
SCURAThe 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, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 50 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.