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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 15, 1992Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 8:38 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1992, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cape May County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KACY 160042
SVRACY
NJC009-160130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
838 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...CAPE MAY COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 830 PM EDT...THE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG MOVING THROUGH
CUMBERLAND AND IS MOVING INTO CAPE MAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE
PRODUCE VERY GUST WIND...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
SO FOR PERSONS IN CAPE MAY COUNTY OR OUT IN THE OCEAN PLEASE TAKE
COVER UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS OVER.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROAGDS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
MCDONALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington69 min
Jul 15, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland53 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.