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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 13, 1990Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1990, 10:43 AM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1990, 10:43 AM EDT (14:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1990, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Atlantic 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 1990-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 1990-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.