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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 3, 1992Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1992, 7:24 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 1992, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1992, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cape May County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 1992-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 387 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 1992-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KACY 032327
SVRACY
NJC009-040030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
724 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...CAPE MAY COUNTY
 
AND FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
AT 720 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
SOUTH CENTRAL CAPE MAY COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE VILLAS.
 
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.
 
HAYES

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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.