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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 19, 1994Atlantic County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1994, 5:57 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1994, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 1994-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 716 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 1994-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 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 192206 RRA
SVRACY
NJC001-011-192300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
557 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...ATLANTIC COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 537 PM...ATLANTIC CITY RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE SOUTHERN TIP OF COASTAL OCEAN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF SURF CITY
AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND WESTERN ATLANTIC
COUNTY JUST WEST OF RICHLAND.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
 
THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH
EXPIRES AT 600 PM EDT.
 
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/GERAPATRITIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington67 min
Jun 19, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester67 min
Jun 19, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland58 min
Jun 19, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May66 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.