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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 15, 1992Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 7:23 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1992, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1992, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Ocean County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 KACY 152324 RRA
SVRACY
NJC029-160030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
723 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...OCEAN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 730 PM EDT...THE ATLANTIC CITY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ATLANTIC AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES
AND WILL REACH OCEAN COUNTY VERY SOON. AT THE AIRPORT IN EGG HARBOR
TOWNSHIP RECEIVED QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN 5 MINUTES...NUMEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND A WIND GUST TO 54 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
MCDONALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean59 min
Jul 15, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem68 min
Jul 15, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden55 min
Jul 15, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer68 min
Jul 15, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland60 min

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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.