Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 2, 1996, 1:26 AM EST for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
- Dec 2, 1996, 1:26 AM EST (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 1996, 2:25 AM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morris County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 1:35 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendham, 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
833 WUUS1 KPHL 020628 RRA SVRPHL NJC027-020825- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 126 AM EST MON DEC 2 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 225 AM EST AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 325 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NEW JERSEY ...MORRIS COUNTY AT 122 AM EST...A SEEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF SCHOOLEYS MOUNTAIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED WIND DAMAGE IN THE NETCONG AREA. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL RAINS COULD PUSH SMALL STREAMS OVER THEIR BANKS AND CAUSE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THIS STORM MAY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING NEARBY AREAS... SCHOOLEYS MOUNTAIN... CHESTER... MENDHAM... BUDD LAKE... MT ARLINGTON... DOVER... WHARTON... MORRIS PLAINS... ROCKAWAY... MORRISTOWN AND PICATINNY. 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 RAIN 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 & COR FOR EXPIRATION TIME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 1:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 47 min |
| Dec 2, 1:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 59 min |
| Dec 2, 3:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 2 hr |
| Dec 2, 5:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Dec 2, 8:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 5 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.