Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 16, 1993Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1993, 4:23 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1993, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1993, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 1993-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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 1993-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 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 KPHL 162024 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC015-033-162100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
423 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOUTHERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY...EASTERN SALEM COUNTY
 
AT 420 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL SALEM COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT
ABOUT 30 MPH.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE
FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINpAND 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington58 min

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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.