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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 15, 1992Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 6:35 PM EDT for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1992, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Camden County, NJ, Philadelphia County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 1992-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1693 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 1992-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 152237
SVRPHL
NJC007-PAC101-152330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
635 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...CAMDEN COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
 
AT 635 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS
THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MILES PER HOUR.  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR
WAS REPORTED AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 629 PM.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia61 min
Jul 15, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery49 min
Jul 15, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks68 min
Jul 15, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean59 min
Jul 15, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem68 min
Jul 15, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean67 min
Jul 15, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland60 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.