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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 18, 1995Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 4:16 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cape May County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 873 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 182019 COR
SVRPHL
NJC009-182115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
416 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  NEW JERSEY

   ...CAPE MAY COUNTY

AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS


AT 414 PM EDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TRACKING EAST THROUGH
DELAWARE AND THE DELAWARE BAY. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES AS THEY PASSED
THROUGH EASTERN MARYLAND.


A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY UNTIL 8 PM EDT.  REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING.

EBERWINE

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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.