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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 19, 1992Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1992, 1:08 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1992, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1992, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 1992-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 1992-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KACY 191709
SVRACY
NJC001-009-011-191815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
108 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...ATLANTIC COUNTY...CAPE MAY COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST FROM
 
   ...GREAT EGG HARBOR  TO  CAPE MAY
 
AT 100 PM...RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEAR MILLVILLE.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL BE
MOVING INTO ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
 
 
 
 
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 ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
SJG/WPA

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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.