Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 6:07 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1992, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHL 152209 SVRPHL NJC015-033-152315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA 607 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY ...GLOUCESTER COUNTY...SALEM COUNTY AT 605 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STORNG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NEW CASTLE COUNTY OF DELAWARE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOST LIKELY TO MOVE ACROSS SALEM AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF GLOUCESTER 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 WIbNDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
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, Jul 15, 4:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
NJZ003-004-006-160200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY, NJ 431 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 431 PM RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN PENNSLYVANIA...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS BETWEEN STRASBURG AND ALLENTOWN PENNSLYVANIA... ANOTHER STORM WAS BETWEEN NEWBURG AND MIDDLETOWN NEW YORK ANOTHER 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY SHOWERS WAS NEAR MANASQUAN NEW JERSEY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. VAM/FXD y
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PAZ011-016-152230 - SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 447 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE POCONOS AND LEHIGH VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 200 PM EDT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PERSONS IN PIKE...MONROE... CARBON...SCHUYLKILL...LEHIGH...BERKS AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS BINGHAMTON NEW YORK SOUTH TO HARRISBURG. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BLACKBURN
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PAZ011-016-152230 - SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA...CORRECTION 447 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE POCONOS AND LEHIGH VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 200 PM EDT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PERSONS IN PIKE...MONROE... CARBON...SCHUYLKILL...LEHIGH...BERKS AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR BINGHAMPTON NEW YORK SOUTH TO HARRISBURG. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BLACKBURN
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
DEZ003-002-001-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 454 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF DELAWARE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DELAWARE INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE DELAWARE BAY AND ATLANTIC COAST UNTIL 10 PM THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING. AT 430 PM...PATUXENT RIVER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN MARYLAND TO JUST NORTH OF THE DC METRO AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NEARLY DUE EAST AT 35 MPH. AT PRESENT SPEED...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO KENT AND NEW CASTLE COUNTIES BETWEEN 630 PM AND 700 PM. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LIGHTNING IS A SERIOUS HAZARD WITH THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE MOVE INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BOATERS SHOULD KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT. BE PREPARED TO PUT ASHORE IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH. DON'T BE CAUGHT UNAWARE. STAY INFORMED OF THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS. ROETS
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
DEZ003-002-001-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 454 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF DELAWARE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DELAWARE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE DELAWARE BAY AND ATLANTIC COAST UNTIL 10 PM THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING. AT 430 PM...PATUXENT RIVER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN MARYLAND TO JUST NORTH OF THE DC METRO AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NEARLY DUE EAST AT 35 MPH. AT PRESENT SPEED...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO KENT AND NEW CASTLE COUNTIES BETWEEN 630 PM AND 700 PM. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LIGHTNING IS A SERIOUS HAZARD WITH THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE MOVE INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BOATERS SHOULD KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT. BE PREPARED TO PUT ASHORE IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH. DON'T BE CAUGHT UNAWARE. STAY INFORMED OF THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS. ROETS
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:43 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
NJZ003-004-006-160200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY, NJ 535 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 535 PM RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN PENNSLYVANIA...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN MARYLAND. THE STRONGSET STORM WAS NEAR NEW BRUNSWICK CNEW JERSEY ANOTHER WITH VERY HEEVY RAIN WAS BETWEEN READING AND HAMBURG PENNSLYVANIA AND YET ANOTHER WAS BETWEEN ABERDEEN AND BALTIMORE MARYLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. VAM/FXD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer | 68 min |
| Jul 15, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 67 min |
| Jul 15, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 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.