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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 1990Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1990, 4:40 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1990, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1990, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Salem 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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°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 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 KPHL 052044
SVRPHL
NJC033-052115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
440 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SALEM COUNTY
 
AT 440 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILMINGTON DELAWARE. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE
FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER
INDOORS...BUT DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

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, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean62 min
Jul 5, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester27 min
Jul 5, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May68 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.