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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 1992Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1992, 4:36 PM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1992, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cumberland County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 112037
SVRACY
NJC011-112145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
436 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST FROM SALEM COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES...LARGE HAIL AND VERY
HEAVY RAINS.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 
 IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 WarningPHIAtlantic, Ocean66 min
Aug 11, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester36 min
Aug 11, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington65 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.