Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 24, 1992Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1992, 5:16 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1992, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1992, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Ocean County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 5:25 PM EDTHail 1Ocean, NJ

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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 1992-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 1992-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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 KACY 242117
SVRACY
NJC029-242215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
516 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...OCEAN COUNTY
 
AND FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 510 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR POINT PLEASANT NEW JERSEY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
NEAR 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FCOR 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.