Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1994, 11:25 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1994, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1994, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Atlantic County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 2096 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACY 280329 RRA SVRACY NJC001-280430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 1125 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY ...ATLANTIC COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 1120 PM...ATLANTIC CITY RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH AND WILL APPROACH EGG HARBOR CITY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS O(F 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CRUPI
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, Aug 27, 7:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PAZ067>071-NJZ015-280010-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TSTMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ
700 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY TILL 720 PM...
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 7 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OF OVER 55 MPH AND
LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS LINE.
IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY. THERE WERE OTHER SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHWEST PARTS OF
CHESTER COUNTY...AS WELL AS IN WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND NEAR THE
DELAWARE RIVER IN SOUTHERN BUCKS COUNTY.
ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH OR
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...MOVE INDOORS. IF CAUGHT
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS AND ISOLATED TALL TREES.
SPSpecial weather statement, Aug 27, 7:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PAZ067>071-NJZ015-280010-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TSTMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ
700 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY TILL 720 PM...
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 7 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OF OVER 55 MPH AND
LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS LINE.
IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY. THERE WERE OTHER SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHWEST PARTS OF
CHESTER COUNTY...AS WELL AS IN WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND NEAR THE
DELAWARE RIVER IN SOUTHERN BUCKS COUNTY.
ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH OR
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...MOVE INDOORS. IF CAUGHT
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS AND ISOLATED TALL TREES.
SPSpecial weather statement, Aug 27, 7:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
DEZ001-280130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 743 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN DELAWARE... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY AROUND 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS ACROSS NEW CASTLE COUNTY THIS EVENING ENJOYING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PERONS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...INCLUDING THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED VAUGHAN
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 10:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PAZ067-068-280305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ 1003 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994 A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF POTTSTOWN PENNSYLVANIA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ROUGHLY 15 MPH ALONG THE BORDER OF CHESTER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AS WITH ANY POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM...MONITORING YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS ADVISED. IF THREATENING WEATHER SHOULD APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS...THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. LORENTSON
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:12 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
NJZ020>026-280415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 1112 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... AT 1100 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSIFYING AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK COLD FRONT PRESSING SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA AND WERE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND MAY REACH NORTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY AND WESTERN OCEAN COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE AREAS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...INCLUDING PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE DANGEROUS STORMS. KC
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:13 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
NJZ020>026-280415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 1112 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... AT 1100 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSIFYING AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK COLD FRONT PRESSING SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA AND WERE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND MAY REACH NORTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY AND WESTERN OCEAN COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE AREAS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...INCLUDING PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE DANGEROUS STORMS. KC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 11:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 74 min |
| Aug 27, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 12:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.