Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 1994, 1:42 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 1994, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 1994, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Atlantic County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1060 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHL 271744 RRA SVRPHL NJC001-271830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 142 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY ...WESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY RADAR OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PART OF ATLANTIC COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF BUENA VISTA BEFORE 150 PM ...THEN CONTINUE NORTHEAST ALONG HIGHWAY 54 TO HAMMONTON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 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. EBERWINE
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, Sep 27, 10:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-270400- THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ 1025 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 1994 A CONTINUATION OF COLD AIR ALOFT WILL KEEP THE AIR MASS UNSTABLE. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE LOWER LEVELS TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAINS ARE UNLIKELY WITH THE PRESENCE OF COLD AIR ALOFT. RNM
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 10:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PAZ037>071-NJZ015>026-272300- THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ 1025 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 1994 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE RAPID MOVEMENT...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. IF THUNDERSTORMSL APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. RNS
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 12:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NJZ016-021-271740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ 1237 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY... THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER DELAWARE SOON TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN DELAWARE BAY AND SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF WIND GUST TO 45 MPH...CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH. THEY WILL REACH GRANDYS BEACH CUMBERLAND COUNTY...AND LOWER ALLOWAY CREEK SALEM COUNTY AROUND 1245 PM. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. IF YOU SEE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...PREFERABLY INDOORS. ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. EBERWINE
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 12:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
NJZ016-021-271740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ 1237 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY... THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER DELAWARE SOON TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN DELAWARE BAY AND SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF WIND GUST TO 45 MPH...CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH. THEY WILL REACH GRANDYS BEACH CUMBERLAND COUNTY...AND LOWER ALLOWAY CREEK SALEM COUNTY AROUND 1245 PM. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. IF YOU SEE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...PREFERABLY INDOORS. ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTDAIN BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. EBERWINE
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 1:39 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
NJZ022-271840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ 139 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 1994 AT 135 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ATLANTIC COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 54 THROUGH BUENA VISTA AND THEN HAMMONTON. THE STORM MOVED TO THE WEST OF MILLVILLE WITH ONLY DRIZZLE AND THUNDERSTORM...HOWEVER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. IF YOU SEE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...PREFERABLY INDOORS. ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. EBERWINE
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 minute before
NJZ022-271840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ 139 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 1994 AT 135 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ATLANTIC COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 54 THROUGH BUENA VISTA AND THEN HAMMONTON. THE STORM MOVED TO THE WEST OF MILLVILLE WITH ONLY DRIZZLE AND THUNDERSTORM...HOWEVER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. IF YOU SEE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...PREFERABLY INDOORS. ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. EBERWINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 53 min |
| Sep 27, 5:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 52 min |
| Sep 27, 5:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 50 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.