Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 27, 1995Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 2:37 AM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 2:37 AM EDT (06:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1869 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 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
1869 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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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.