Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1994, 4:40 PM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 1994, 4:40 PM EST (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 1994, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 KPHL 012144 RRA SVRPHL NJC019-023-025-035-041-001-005-009-029-021-012245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION TO CHANGE CHESTER TO CAMDEN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 440 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY ...HUNTERDON COUNTY...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...MONMOUTH COUNTY ...SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY ...WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY ...ATLANTIC COUNTY...BURLINGTON COUNTY...CAPE MAY COUNTY ...OCEAN COUNTY FOR MARINE INTERESTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST IN WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY ...MERCER COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS FOLLOWING A SQUALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH THROUGH EXTREME EASTERN BUCKS COUNTY AND EASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY. WIND GUSTS TO 61 MPH HAVE JUST BEEN RECEIVED IN MOORESTOWN NEW JERSEY (BURLINGTON COUNTY) AND HAVE GUSTED TO AROUND 55 MPH IN THE ALLENTOWN AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER...HEAD INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. AVOID MOBILE HOMES...THE SECOND AND HIGH PROFILE AREAS OF YOUR HOME UNTIL THIS SQUALL LINE MOVES THROUGH. &
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, Nov 1, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PAZ058>062-066>071-NJZ016>026-501-DEZ001>004-501- MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 215 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 874 REPLACES NUMBER 873... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE UNTIL 800 PM... THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE PREVIOUS COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 873 BUT ALSO INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... IN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...OCEAN... CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY... HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND MERCER COUNTIES. IN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SCHUYLKILL...BERKS... LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...LEBANON...LANCASTER...YORK...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY... CHESTER...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES. IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND SUSSEX. IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL ...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE. AT 215 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE BY 300 PM. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF HARRISBURG PA SOUTHWARD TO BALTIMORE MD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE UPPER AND CENTRAL DELMARVA BETWEEN 245 PM AND 400 PM. THEY WILL THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:17 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PAZ058>062-066>071-NJZ016>026-501-DEZ001>004-501- MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 215 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 874 REPLACES NUMBER 873... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE UNTIL 800 PM... THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE PREVIOUS COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 873 BUT ALSO INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... IN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...OCEAN... CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY... HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND MERCER COUNTIES. IN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SCHUYLKILL...BERKS... LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...LEBANON...LANCASTER...YORK...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY... CHESTER...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES. IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND SUSSEX. IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL ...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE. AT 215 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE BY 300 PM. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF HARRISBURG PA SOUTHWARD TO BALTIMORE MD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE UPPER AND CENTRAL DELMARVA BETWEEN 245 PM AND 400 PM. THEY WILL THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:19 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PAZ058>062-066>071-NJZ012>026-010-009-DEZ001>004-501- MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 215 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 874 REPLACES NUMBER 873... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE UNTIL 800 PM... THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE PREVIOUS COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 873 BUT ALSO INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... IN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...OCEAN... CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY... HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND MERCER COUNTIES. IN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SCHUYLKILL...BERKS... LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...LEBANON...LANCASTER...YORK...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY... CHESTER...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES. IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND SUSSEX. IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL ...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE. AT 215 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE BY 300 PM. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF HARRISBURG PA SOUTHWARD TO BALTIMORE MD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE UPPER AND CENTRAL DELMARVA BETWEEN 245 PM AND 400 PM. THEY WILL THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:59 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PAZ067>071-MDZ008-012-DEZ001-NJZ015>019-012200-0 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 300 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE UNTIL 800 PM... IN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...OCEAN... CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY... HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND MERCER COUNTIES. IN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SCHUYLKILL...BERKS... LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...LEBANON...LANCASTER...YORK...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY... CHESTER...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES. IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND SUSSEX. IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL ...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE. AT 255 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SCHUYLKILL AND LANCASTER COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH TO HARFORD COUNTY MARYLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MNOVE THROUGH CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND...NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE AND INTO CHESTER... MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 500 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 4:06 PM EST, 34 minutes before
PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-DEZ001>004- MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ 406 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 AT 400 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LEHIGH...MONTGOMERY...AND DELAWARE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE OF DELAWARE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE RAPIDLY INTO THE REST OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE BY 700 PM. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. HOWEVER...AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST THE THREAT SEVERE WEATHER WILL LESSEN. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 4:27 PM EST, 13 minutes before
PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-DEZ001>004-012325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ 427 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLANIA...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE UNTIL 800 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. RNS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 65 min |
| Nov 1, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 65 min |
| Nov 1, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 55 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.