Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1996, 4:56 PM EDT for Middlesex 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
- Jun 14, 1996, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1996, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Middlesex County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Plainsboro, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHL 142054 SVRPHL NJC023-142145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 456 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NEW JERSEY ...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY AT 450 PM...RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN HUNTERDON AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTIES. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH THEIR PASSAGE. BE ALERT FOR FLOODING OF ROADS...UNDERPASSES...AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. 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. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING...CONTACT 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. FRANKLIN/JONES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Somerset | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Monmouth | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 6:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 119 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.