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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 26, 1994Gloucester County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1994, 5:18 PM EDT for Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1994, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Gloucester County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 1994-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 1994-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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 KPHL 262119 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC015-262215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
518 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...GLOUCESTER COUNTY
 
AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SALEM COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM
IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  AT THIS
PRESENT TRACK...THE MOST VULNERABLE TOWNSHIPS WILL BE ELK AND
SOUTH HARRISON.
 
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.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 10 PM EDT.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.
 
JWH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem54 min
May 26, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic69 min
May 26, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden34 min
May 26, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington67 min

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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.