Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 16, 1996Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1996, 3:46 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports 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
Aug 16, 1996, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1996, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindJackson, NJ
Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindFreehold, 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1996-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1996-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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 161944 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC025-029-162045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 PM EDT FRI AUG 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOUTHERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY NEAR
CHESTERFIELD WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF OCEAN COUNTY BRIEFLY. IN ADDITION TO THE
LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...THIS STORM HAS BEEN
PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.
 
THIS STORM WILL MOVE EASTNORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PASS
CLOSE TO GREAT ADVENTURES AROUND 4 PM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND JDEADLY 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer50 min
Aug 16, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean30 min
Aug 16, 7:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington114 min
Aug 16, 7:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington62 min
Aug 16, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington62 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.