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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 21, 1995Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1995, 12:52 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 1995, 12:52 PM EDT (16:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1995, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1181 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
1181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 211653 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC001-009-NJZ501-211745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1252 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY
   ...NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY
 
  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM
 
   ...LITTLE EGG INLET  TO  CORSON'S INLET
 
AT 12:50 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE ATLANTIC COUNTY AND CAPE MAY COUNTY BORDER NEAR
GREAT EGG HARBOR. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20
MPH AND COULD PASS NEAR OCEAN CITY...MARGATE...VENTNOR AND ATLANTIC
CITY BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE.
 
HEAVY RAINS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES VERY QUICKLY.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER
THAN YOU THINK.  IF CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON YOUR CAR
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
KRAUS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 12:57 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIAtlantic33 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.