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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 14, 1995Mercer County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 1995, 8:57 PM EDT for Mercer County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 1995, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 366 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 150100 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC021-027-035-150145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
857 PM EDT SAT OCT 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...MERCER COUNTY...MORRIS COUNTY...SOMERSET COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING
WESTERN MORRIS...SOMERSET AND MERCER COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
HEAVY RAINS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES VERY QUICKLY.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER
THAN YOU THINK.  IF CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON YOUR CAR
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDJ.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden27 min
Oct 14, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren45 min
Oct 14, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington46 min
Oct 14, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth50 min
Oct 14, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean50 min

Nearby

Severe 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.