Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson, NJ | |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Freehold, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 114 min |
| Aug 16, 7:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 62 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.