Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 16, 1996Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1996, 7:58 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 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
Aug 16, 1996, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1996, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Burlington County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 162358
SVRPHL
NJC005-170100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
758 PM EDT FRI AUG 16 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  NEW JERSEY

   ...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF BURLINGTON COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORM
IS ACCOMPANIED BY EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.  THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS WITHIN THE STORM
...ALONG WITH SOME HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST...AND IT WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOUNT LAUREL...MOUNT HOLLY...WRIGHTSTOWN AND
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES UNTIL 830 OR 900 THIS EVENING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL
1100 PM.

ALSO...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.

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 LARGER...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION.

WN/DI
 

&

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, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean59 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.