Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 24, 1996Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1996, 5:41 PM EST for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 49 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: Jan 24, 1996, 5:41 PM EST (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 1996, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Whole counties

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 24, 5:46 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Hamilton Square, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 492 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 242244 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC021-023-025-242330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
541 PM EST WED JAN 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...EASTERN MERCER COUNTY...SOUTHHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY...MONMOUTH COUN
 
AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON IN
MERCER COUNTY WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF BECOMING SEVERE.  IT WAS MOVING
EASTNORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD
MOVE THROUGH SOUTH BRUNSWICK AND ENGLISHTOWN.  THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN
THIS LINE OF HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL AND VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM
APPROACH MOVE INSIDE QUICKLY. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  MOBILE
HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
 
 
GIGI

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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.