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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 28, 1992Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1992, 8:10 PM EDT for Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1992, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1992, 8:35 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Camden County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1349 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
1349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 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 KPHL 290012
SVRPHL
NJC007-290100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
810 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...CAMDEN COUNTY
 
AT 805 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN
CAMDEN COUNTY. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL BE APPROACHING LINDENWALD
SHORTLY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE
FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  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.
 
EBERWINE

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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.