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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 15, 1992Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 8:06 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 69 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1992, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 8:52 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Burlington, NJ
Jul 15, 9:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Burlington, NJ

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1992-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 844 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1992-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May52 min
Jul 15, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.