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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 27, 1990Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1990, 4:11 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1990, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1990, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Mercer 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1990-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 244 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 1990-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 272013
SVRPHL
NJC021-272115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
411 PM EDT MON AUG 27 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 WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
 
   ...MERCER COUNTY
 
AT 405 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY.
 
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.  REMEMBER...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH VERY LITTLE WARNING.
 
JWH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 6:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington116 min
Aug 27, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington116 min
Aug 27, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington60 min
Aug 27, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester64 min
Aug 27, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland2 hr

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.