Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 16, 1995Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 3:55 AM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cumberland County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 16, 4:15 AM EDTTornado F1Bridgeton, NJ

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 160756 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC011-160845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 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 LOCATION...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF DELAWARE BAY
 
AT 355 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER SALEM COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH...AND IT SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...AROUND BRIDGETON...BY 405 AM.  THE STORM
SHOULD THEN MOZVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY BY 445 AM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM
APPROACH...REMAIN INDOORS.
 
IOVINO/MIKETTA

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, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.