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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 27, 1994Atlantic County, Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 5:23 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -206 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-191 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 
TTAA00 KACY 272123
SVRACY
NJC001-005-029-272230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
523 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
 
   ...ATLANTIC COUNTY...BURLINGTON COUNTY...OCEAN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 515 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN
ATLANTIC COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL
MOVE ACROSS EASTERN BURLINGTON AND SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTIES.
 
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.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester41 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.