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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 21, 1995Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1995, 12:57 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 1995, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1995, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 211659
TORPHL
NJC001-211730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1257 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
AT 1256 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY ATLANTIC COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT NEAR SOMERS POINT IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
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.
 
KRAUS
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May53 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in New Jersey, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.