Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 1995

Tornado Warning 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 29, 1995Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Burlington County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 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 292245
TORPHL
NJC005-292330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
645 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO ON THE DELAWARE RIVER NEAR BURLINGTON CITY.  THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND PASS
CLOSE TO COLUMBUS AND WRIGHTSTOWN.
 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS JUST REPORTED IN FLORENCE.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN THIS TORNADO.  CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY TORNADO WINDS.  LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A
STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A
DITCH OR LOW SPOT...BUT BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WATERS FROM
THE HEAVY RAINS.
 
 
 
TG
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex35 min
May 29, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer54 min
May 29, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean49 min
May 29, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington52 min
May 29, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington49 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.