Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 242300 SVRACY NJC001-005-011-029-250000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 700 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY ...ATLANTIC COUNTY...BURLINGTON COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY ...OCEAN COUNTY AND FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 655 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN GLOUCESTER ABD EASTERN SALEM COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAN D BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SCURA/HAYES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PAZ011-016-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 500 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ENTERING PIKE COUNTY... AT 5 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ENTERING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PIKE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PART OF PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. ELSEWHERE...A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVAVIA WEST SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE IS SHIFTING SOUTHEAST WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE MOVE EAST 35 TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER WHEN THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVES ACROSS THEIR COUNTY BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTAIN DANGER<OUS LIGHTNING AND COULD PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS. DOVICO
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NJZ003-004-242245 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 532 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR MOST OF NEW JERSEY AND ITS ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 532 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTIC CITY DETECTED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...IN CHESTER COUNTY 20 WEST OF PHILADELPHIA. ALSO A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER THE BORDER OF HARFORD AND CECIL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST MARYLAND. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER. ALSO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCURA
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PAZ007>012-016-NJZ002>004-006-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA 600 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR A LARGE AREA INCLUDING SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BUCKS...MONTGOMERY...CHESTER...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA AND IN NEW JERSEY MERCER...BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND SALEM. AT 6 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MORE THAN A DOZEN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CHESTER AND DELAWARE COUNTIES WHERE A WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST MARYLAND...ADJACENT TO NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 40 TO 45 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND MAY BE ACCOMAPNIED BY HAIL. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF HAIL IN THE HARRISBURG AREA AND MORE CLOSELY COATSVILLE...VALLEY TOWNSHIP. THE SIZE WAS ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS AT THIS TIME. ALSO BE AWARE THAT LIGHTNING WILL BE FREQUENT AND ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER. ALSO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. EBERWINE/BLOZY/GARTNER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:20 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PAZ011-016-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 620 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING EXTREME SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY... AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING EXTREME SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY. EPHRATA STATE POLICE REPORTED STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY SMALL HAIL FROM THIS STORM. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY IN THE MORGANTOWN AREA BETWEEN 620 AND 7 PM. PEOPLE LIVING IN EXTREME SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN THIS STORM ARRIVES. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVER MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. DOVICO THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND COULD PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS. DOVICO
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:21 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PAZ011-016-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 620 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING EXTREME SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY... AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING EXTREME SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY. EPHRATA STATE POLICE REPORTED STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY SMALL HAIL FROM THIS STORM. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY IN THE MORGANTOWN AREA BETWEEN 620 AND 7 PM. PEOPLE LIVING IN EXTREME SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN THIS STORM ARRIVES. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVER MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. DOVICO
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:39 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
NJZ003-004-242345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 627 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR MOST OF NEW JERSEY AND ITS ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 627 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTIC CITY DETECTED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ENTERING SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY OVER WESTERN SALEM COUNTY WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...IN CUMBERLAND...BURLINGTON AND OCEAN COUNTIES. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE...SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE AND PARTS OF MARYLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER. ALSO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCURA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.