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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 16, 1995Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 3:40 AM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2043 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -71 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
2043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 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 160741 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC015-033-160845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
340 AM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...GLOUCESTER COUNTY...SALEM COUNTY
 
AT 335 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PART
OF PENNSYLVANIA.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST...AND IT
SHOULD ENTER THE WESTERN PART OF SALEM AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES BY
350 AM.  THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG WIND GUSTS...
UP TO NEAR 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM
APPROACH...REMAIN INNDOORS.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UNTIL
600 AM.  REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.
 
IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset65 min
Jul 15, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris26 min
Jul 16, 3:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland50 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.