Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 11, 1995Middlesex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 9:23 PM EDT for Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1995, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Middlesex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 872 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 120128 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC023-120230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
923 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY
 
RADAR WAS TRACKING A LARGE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN UNION COUNTY NEW
JERSEY. THE STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 1 INCH HAIL AS IT
PASSED THROUGH MORRIS COUNTY.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN 15 MINUTES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING
OVER SOUTH PLAINFIELD THROUGH METUCHEN AND CONTINUNE DOWN THE COUNTY.
 
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 WINbDOWS.  MOBILE
HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
 
 
JAE/HW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris48 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.