Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 17, 1996Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1996, 3:37 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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 17, 1996, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1996, 4:20 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Ocean County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDTHail 1.75Beach Haven, 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1996-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1996-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 171937
SVRPHL
NJC029-NJZ501-172020-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
337 PM EDT MON JUN 17 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 420 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN  NEW JERSEY

   ...SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY

AND A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 420 PM EDT
FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM...

   ...MANASQUAN INLET NJ TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ
 
AT 330 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR TUCKERTON NEW JERSEY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS LONG BEACH ISLAND BETWEEN BEACH HAVEN
AND BRANT BEACH BY 4 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS ON LAND AND
TO MARINE CHANNEL 16...OPERATED BY THE COAST GUARD FOR THE LATEST
STORM INFORMATION.

IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR NEARBY COAST GUARD STATION AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
REPORT ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
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 FLOOD
WATERS...ABANDON YOUR CAR QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

THUNDERSTORMS POSE MANY PROBLEMS TO BOATER SAFETY FROM BOTH GUSTY
WINDS AND LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING THUNDERSTORMS
IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR...BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER...
STAY BELOW DECK...IF POSSIBLE...AND AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS.

CHJ/RPW

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007-008>010-012>026-DEZALL-
MDZ008-012-015-019-020-172300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM/EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
POTENTIAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1152 AM EDT MON JUN 17 1996

...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND DELAWARE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD ACT AS THE PRIMARY
FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS. PLENTY OF MOISTURE ALREADY EXISTS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
AND RADAR DATA IS INDICATING SLOW MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND SLOW MOVEMENT COULD
LEAD TO PROLONGED...HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS OF AN INCH IN THIRTY
MINUTES POSSIBLE. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEA&THER
SERVICE...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES
OR WARNINGS.

WWR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean47 min
Jun 17, 5:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer110 min
Jun 17, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester48 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.