Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 28, 1995Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 28, 1995, 4:59 AM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 28, 1995, 4:59 AM EDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 1995, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1995-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 516 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
516 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
581 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 280857 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC025-029-281000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
459 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...EASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...EASTERN OCEAN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 450PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES IN
NEW JERSEY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT
APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH.
 
 
 
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.

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, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem48 min
Oct 27, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester28 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.