Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 10:14 PM EDT for Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1995, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 1995, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gloucester County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 816 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHL 280213 RRA SVRPHL NJC015-280245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1014 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NEW JERSEY ...GLOUCESTER COUNTY AT 1010 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO GLOUCESTER COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...HEnAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH MOVE INSIDE QUICKLY. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. AMC
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, Oct 27, 7:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
DEZALL-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-281200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ
735 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF DELAWARE
AND FOR PARTS OF MARYLAND INCLUDING...CECIL...KENT...QUEEN
ANNES...TALBOT AND CAROLINES COUNTIES...UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG
THE EASTERN SEABOARD WITH THE CLOSEST ONES IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY
MARYLAND. THE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED QUICKLY AND WILL BE MOVING JUST
AS QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST WITH SPEEDS THAT MAY REACH 50 MPH.
DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND THE THREAT OF A TORNADO WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
1 AM EDT SATURDAY.
PERSONS UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IN THE EVENT A TORNADO
DEVELOPS. TORNADOES ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO REMAIN CLEAR OF...UNDER THE
COVER OF DARKNESS...SO BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY.
REMEMBER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...
1...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE SUCH AS A DESIGNATED SHELTER OR BASEMENT...
2...MOVE TO INTERIOR ROOM IN THE HOUSE...OR A HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR AND GET UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE...
3...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...
4...GET OUT OF AUTOMOBILES...
5...MOBILE HOMES...EVEN IF TIED DOWN...OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM
TORNADOES AND SHOULD BE ABANDONED...
6...TUNE TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS...
EBERWINESpecial weather statement, Oct 27, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
DEZALL-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-281200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MT HOLLY NJ
735 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF DELAWARE
AND FOR PARTS OF MARYLAND INCLUDING...CECIL...KENT...QUEEN
ANNES...TALBOT AND CAROLINES COUNTIES...UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG
THE EASTERN SEABOARD WITH THE CLOSEST ONES IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY
MARYLAND. THE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED QUICKLY AND WILL BE MOVING JUST
AS QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST WITH SPEEDS THAT MAY REACH 50 MPH.
DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND THE THREAT OF A TORNADO WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
1 AM EDT SATURDAY.
PERSONS UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IN THE EVENT A TORNADO
DEVELOPS. TORNADOES ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO REMAIN CLEAR OF...UNDER THE
COVER OF DARKNESS...SO BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY.
REMEMBER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...
1...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE SUCH AS A DESIGNATED SHELTER OR BASEMENT...
2...MOVE TO INTERIOR ROOM IN THE HOUSE...OR A HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR AND GET UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE...
3...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...
4...GET OUT OF AUTOMOBILES...
5...MOBILE HOMES...EVEN IF TIED DOWN...OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM
TORNADOES AND SHOULD BE ABANDONED...
6...TUNE TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS...
EBERWINEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 48 min |
| Oct 27, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 28 min |
| Oct 28, 4:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 61 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.