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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 31, 1995Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 1995, 10:06 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 1995, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 1995-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 1995-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 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 010214 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC037-010300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1006 PM EDT THU AUG 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY
 
AT 1010 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ACROSS EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH...APPROACHING THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES PER HOUR...
LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  IF THREATENING WEATHER SUDDENLY
APPROACHES YOU...BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR.
IF CAUGHT OUT ON THE OPEN WATER...STAY BELOW DECK...IF POSSIBLE...AND
AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.
 
 
CJ

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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.