Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 1996Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1996, 5:08 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1996, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1996, 5:55 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1996-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 584 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1996-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
584 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 032108
SVRPHL
NJC027-032155-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
508 PM EDT WED JUL 3 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 555 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  NEW JERSEY

   ...EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOUNT HOLLY NEW JERSEY
WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY
NEAR PARSIPPANY.  A SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATES 287 AND 80.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW.  AFTER THE
STORM HAS PASSED...REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO 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 xLARGER...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

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.
 

&

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.