Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 1996, 7:21 PM EST for Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 1996, 7:21 PM EST (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 1996, 8:10 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 7:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem, NJ | |
| Nov 8, 7:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsgrove, NJ |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHL 090021 RRA SVRPHL NJC011-033-090110- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 721 PM EST FRI NOV 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 810 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NEW JERSEY ...SALEM COUNTY ...WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AT 719 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NWS DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GARRISON CORNER MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM MAY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING NEARBY AREAS... GARRISON CORNER... GREENWICH... HANCOCKS BRIDGE... SHILOH... BRIDGETON... PARADISE LAKES... SALEM... ALLOWAY... HUSTED... DARETOWN... ROSENHAYN... ELMER... POLE TAVERN AND WOODSTOWN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW. AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN HOUR... DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION. TFG/AMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 7:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 36 min |
| Nov 8, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.