Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Montgomery County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHL 150030 RRA SVRPHL NJC019-041-PAC017-091-095-150115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 830 PM EDT SAT OCT 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NEW JERSEY ...HUNTERDON COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA ...BUCKS COUNTY...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ...NORTHAMPTON COUNTY WINDS GUSTED TO 63 MILES AN HOUR AT ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON AIRPORT AT ABOUT 818 PM...AND THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES PER HOUR... LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER SUDDENLY APPROACHES YOU...BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR. IF CAUGHT OUT ON THE OPEN WATER...STAY BELOW DECK...IF POSSIBLE...AND AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. JRP/TFG/CJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden | 27 min |
| Oct 14, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 46 min |
| Oct 14, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Morris, Somerset | 48 min |
| Oct 14, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 50 min |
| Oct 14, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1995Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.