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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 30, 1995Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1995, 1:43 AM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 1995, 1:43 AM EDT (05:43 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 1995, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Whole counties

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2075 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 9.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 300545
SVRPHL
NJC001-NJZ501-300615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
143 AM EDT TUE MAY 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...ATLANTIC COUNTY
 
  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM
 
   ...LITTLE EGG INLET  TO  GREAT EGG HARBOR INLET
 
AT 140 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY SOUTH OF ESTELLE MANOR. IT WAS MOVING
EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND SHOULD PASS NEAR MARGATE CITY AND ATLANTIC CITY
BEFORE MOVING OFF THE COAST.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER SUDDENLY DEVELOPS OR APPROACHES YOUR
LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR QUICKLY.  DON'T
BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THE WATER.
 
WHILEt AFLOAT...KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT FOR THE APPROACH OF
DARK...THREATENING CLOUDS WHICH MAY FORETELL A SQUALL OR
THUNDERSTORM.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...DON'T
DELAY IN SEEKING A SAFE HARBOR.
 
KRAUS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 8:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Ocean	52 min
May 29, 10:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Somerset	52 min
May 29, 10:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris	27 min
May 29, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Middlesex	52 min
May 29, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer	33 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.