Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 1, 1993Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 1993, 7:22 PM EST for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 1993, 7:22 PM EST (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 1993, 8:30 PM EST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 1993-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1993-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 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 
WUUS1 KACY 020023 RRA
SVRACY
NJC001-009-011-020130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
722 PM EST THU APR 1 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...ATLANTIC COUNTY...CAPE MAY COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
AND FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
ATLANTIC CITY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY INTO DELAWARE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
GERAPETRITIS/MENNELLA

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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.