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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 19905 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1990, 4:28 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 5, 1990, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1990, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 4:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 53Atlantic, NJ
Jul 5, 5:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Atlantic, NJ
Jul 5, 5:05 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Cumberland, NJ
Jul 5, 5:25 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Ocean, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 1990-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1652 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1990-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-382 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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 KACY 052029
SVRACY
NJC001-005-009-011-029-052130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
428 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
          ...ATLANTIC...
CUMBERLAND...OCEAN
 
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
THE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL OCEAN
COUNTY ACROSS NEW JERSEY INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE THAT IS MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer59 min
Jul 5, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem35 min
Jul 5, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester27 min
Jul 5, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.