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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 27, 1995Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 10:42 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Salem County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 816 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KPHL 280242 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC033-280330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1042 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SALEM COUNTY
 
AT 1035 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SALEM COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT AROUND 50 MPH. THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY 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
 


USQUEHANNA...WAYNE...WYOMING...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...PIKE...CARBON
...SCHUYLKILL...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON.

IN NEW JERSEY THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

SUSSEX...WARREN...HUNTERDON AND MORRIS.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST THIS EVENING WITH
MORE ON THE WAY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

PHILADELPHIA...BUCKS AND DELAWARE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT IN NEW JERSEY FOR ALL BUT
WARREN AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND CAN EVEN SPAWN
SHORT LIVED TORNADOES. BE READY TO TAKE ACTION QUICKLY IN THE EVENT
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

PERSONS UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER CLOSELY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO STEAR 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 
    DAMAGING WINDS AND SHOULD BE ABANDONED...
6...TUNE TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND     
    POSSIBLE WARNINGS...
7...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS.


EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester31 min
Oct 27, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester28 min
Oct 28, 4:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean61 min

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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.