Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 1:42 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 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, 5.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 935 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACY 271742 RRA SVRACY NJC001-271845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 142 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY ...ATLANTIC COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 140 PM THIS AFTERNOON...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLVILLE NEW JERSEY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY NEAR RICHLAND AND HAMMONTON BY 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 60 MPH. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
DEZ001-002-280045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 1238 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY AND NORTHERN KENT COUNTY DELAWARE AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREAS. HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER, GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER, AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES, SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO AND LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS NECESSARY. TOWNSEND NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
DEZ001-002-280045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 1238 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY AND NORTHERN KENT COUNTY DELAWARE AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREAS. HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER, GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER, AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES, SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO AND LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS NECESSARY. TOWNSEND NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:47 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PAZ069>071-NJZ015>019-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1230 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH SO ONLY LOCAL STREET FLOODING OR PONDING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS EXPECTED. REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS I8N AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. CARS PROVIDE GOOD PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED. KOWALZYK
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:55 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PAZ069>071-NJZ015>019-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...CORRECTED TEXT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1250 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF NEW JERSEY AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH EAST PENNSYLVANIA...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE... PHILADELPHIA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH SO ONLY LOCAL STREET FLOODING OR PONDING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS EXPECTED. REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING IF A WARNING IS ISSUFED. CARS PROVIDE GOOD PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED. KOWALZYK
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:25 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PAZ 048-054-055-058-060-061-062-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 125 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...MONROE AND PIKE COUNTIES. AT 125 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 35 TO 40 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DOVICO
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:28 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PAZ 048-054-055-058-060-061-062-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 125 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...MONROE AND PIKE COUNTIES. AT 125 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 35 TO 40 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERTE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DOVICO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.