Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Beach 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 110 min |
| Jun 17, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 48 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.