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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 26, 1994Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1994, 5:21 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1994, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
69 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 12:00Z, 9.4 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.

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 KACY 262121 RRA
SVRACY
NJC001-262230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
521 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...ATLANTIC COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 515 PM EDT...ATLANTIC CITY RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN SALEM COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST GLOUCESTER
COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH TOWARD HAMMONTON
NEW JERSEY.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
CRUPI

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, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester57 min
May 26, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden34 min
May 26, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington67 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.