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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 28, 1995Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 2:37 AM EDT for Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 2:37 AM EDT (06:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1236 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 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 280639 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC021-023-025-035-280730-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
237 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...MERCER COUNTY...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...MONMOUTH COUNTY
   ...SOMERSET COUNTY
 
 
AT 230 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM TRENTON IN MERCER COUNTY TO MANASQUAN IN
MONMOUTH COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR AND HAVE A HISTORY OF WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 
 
 
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 WINDOWS.  MOBILE
HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

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.