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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 1992Atlantic County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1992, 4:24 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1992, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 1992-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 757 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 1992-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
757 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KACY 112025
SVRACY
NJC001-029-112130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
424 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...ATLANTIC COUNTY...OCEAN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 415 PM...THE ATLANTIC CITY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN NEW JERSEY WITH THE STRONGEST
STORM NEAR THE CAMDEN-GLOUCESTER BORDER. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY
OF STRONG WINDS OF OVER 55 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
SOME REPORTS OF OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES HAVE BEEN
SEEN.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington64 min
Aug 11, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester36 min
Aug 11, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland69 min
Aug 11, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington65 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.