Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1996, 1:58 PM EST for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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
- Jan 19, 1996, 1:58 PM EST (18:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1996, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, NJ | |
| Jan 19, 2:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, NJ | |
| Jan 19, 2:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, 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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPHL 191858 RRA SVRPHL NJC021-023-035-191945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 158 PM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NEW JERSEY ...MERCER COUNTY...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...SOMERSET COUNTY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH HUNTERDON COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND WILL MOVE INTO MERCER SOMERSET AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES SHORTLY. WINDS GUSTED TO 59 MILES AN HOUR AT THE MOUNTY HOLLY NJ WEATHER OFFICE...AND TO 67 MPH IN NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA ABOUT 140 PM...WHERE PEA SIZED HAIL OCCURRED...AND A WINDOW WAS BLOWN OUT OF A BUILDING. HEAVY RAINS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES VERY QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. IF CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON YOUR CAR QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AC/JRP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 9 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 9 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 9 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 9 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 9 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.