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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 29, 1995Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1995, 8:23 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 827 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 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 300024
TORPHL
NJC029-300115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
823 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...WESTERN OCEAN COUNTY
 
 
SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST ABOVE THE GROUND
IN EASTAMPTON IN BURLINGTON COUNTY.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WERE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM.  IT
WILL MOVE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN
AREAS OF OCEAN COUNTY...INCLUDING GREAT ADVENTURES.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...MOVE TO A BELOW GROUND SHELTER IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE
GO TO A SMALL CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
 
 
 
&
TG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset52 min
May 29, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris27 min
May 29, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex52 min
May 29, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer33 min
May 30, 1:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.