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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 25, 1994Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 7:08 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1994, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1994, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Ocean County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 1994-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 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 1994-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 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
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 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 KACY 252308 RRA
SVRACY
NJC029-252345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
708 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...OCEAN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 7 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHEAST BURLINGTON COUNTY WHICH WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
GERAPETRITIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester51 min
May 25, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer50 min
May 25, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden39 min
May 25, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cumberland62 min

Nearby

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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.