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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 31, 1992Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1992, 10:05 AM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 1992, 10:05 AM EDT (14:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1992, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Burlington County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 1992-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 798 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 1992-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
798 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 311410
SVRPHL
NJC005-311500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
1005 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY

   ...WESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED BY SEVERAL SPOTTERS IN THIS
COUNTY WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH IN THE MOUNT HOLLY AREA JUST
BEFORE 10 AM. SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES
OR MORE PER HOUR HAS OCCURRED IN THIS COUNTY AND FLASH FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS IN POSSIBLE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE
FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND ALSO SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
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.

NC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 9:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington63 min
Jul 31, 9:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden61 min
Jul 31, 9:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden61 min
Jul 31, 10:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington55 min
Jul 31, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland66 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.