Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1993, 4:32 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1993, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KACY 162031 RRA SVRACY NJC001-005-162130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 432 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY ...ATLANTIC COUNTY...BURLINGTON COUNTY AND FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 425 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST SALEM COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 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. HAYES/GOGNIAT/DIETZMANN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:42 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
NJZ003-004-130245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 335 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ATLANTIC... CAPE MAY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... AT 335 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTIC CITY SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WXTENDING FROM THE VICINITY OF WILMINGTON DELAWARE SOUTHWEST THROUGH BALTIMORE MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON D.C. ANOTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF SEASIDE HEIGHTS NEW JERSEY. MOVMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. VMN THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 2 SCURA
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:44 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PAZ012-NJZ002>004-006-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SRN NJ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA 340 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN IS EFFECT FOR SALEM/CUMBERLAND/ GLOUCESTER/ATLANTIC/AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 8 PM EDT... LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST FROM WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON HAS IGNITED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND EASTERN MARYLAND. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE TOWARD THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS AND FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TO REPEAT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF SALEM/CUMBERLAND/GLOUCESTER/CAPE MAY/AND ATLANTIC UNTIL 8 PM EDT. RPW
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:53 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
NJZ003-004-162050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 335 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ATLANTIC... CAPE MAY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... AT 335 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTIC CITY SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE VICINITY OF WILMINGTON DELAWARE SOUTHWEST THROULGH BALTIMORE MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON D.C. ANOTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF SEASIDE HEIGHTS NEW JERSEY. MOVMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. VMN
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:04 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
DEZ001-002-003-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 405 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF DELAWARE UNTIL 8PM... AT 345 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THEN SOUTHWEST TO BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON. THIS LINE HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE DELAWARE RIVER JUST EAST OF WILMINGTON INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MIDDLETOWN IN SOUTHWEST NEW CASTLE COUNTY. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DELAWARE UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. CS
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:05 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
DEZ001-002-003-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 405 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF DELAWARE UNTIL 8PM... AT 345 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THEN SOUTHWEST TO BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON. THIS LINE HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE DELAWARE RIVER JUST EAST OF WILMINGTON INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MIDDLETOWN IN SOUTHWEST NEW CASTLE COUNTY. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DELAWARE UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. CS
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:06 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
DEZ001-002-003-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 405 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF DELAWARE UNTIL 8PM... AT 345 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THEN SOUTHWEST TO BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON. THIS LINE HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE DELAWARE RIVER JUST EAST OF WILMINGTON INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIDDLETOWN IN SOUTHWEST NEW CASTLE COUNTY. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DELAWARE UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. CS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.