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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 29, 1995Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 6:10 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 292214
SVRPHL
NJC027-037-292245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
610 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY...SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER NORTHEAST WARREN COUNTY...MOVING EAST 40 MILES AN HOUR INTO
SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY. THE STORM WILL ALSO REACH NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THE STORM EARLIER BLEW DOWN TREES AND FLIPPED
OVER AUTOMOBILES NEAR STROUDSBURG IN MONROE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE
FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER
INDOORS...BUT DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NEW JERSEY UNTIL 11 PM EDT.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES 
TLITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.
 
AMC
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer54 min
May 29, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington45 min
May 29, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean49 min
May 29, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington52 min
May 29, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington49 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.