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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 19, 1994Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1994, 6:09 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1994, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cape May County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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 1994-06-19Temperature 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 192211 RRA
SVRACY
NJC009-192315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
609 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...CAPE MAY COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 6 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAYS LANDING. THIS
THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...VERY STRONG
WINDS AND HAIL. MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES
AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED TO ENTER CAPE MAY COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15
MINUTES.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
GERAPETRITIS

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, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland63 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.