Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1997, 9:17 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 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
- May 19, 1997, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1997, 10:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sussex County, NJ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Stillwater, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHL 200117 RRA SVRPHL NJC037-200205- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 917 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1005 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NEW JERSEY ...SUSSEX COUNTY AT 915 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN MONROE AND PIKE COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WIND AND WILL ENTER WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY NJ BY 930 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. DI/JJ4M
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, May 19, 8:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PAZ054-055-060>062-068-069-NJZ001-007>009-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 810 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON IN NEW JERSEY... HUNTERDON...MORRIS...SUSSEX...WARREN A COLD FRONT IS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDE THIS FRONT...AND SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS EVENING...SEVERE WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...AND HAIL THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST LATE TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE WEATHER CHANNEL...OR OTHER COMMERCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. JJM
Special weather statement, May 19, 8:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PAZ054-055-060>062-068-069-NJZ001-007>009-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 810 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON IN NEW JERSEY... HUNTERDON...MORRIS...SUSSEX...WARREN A COLD FRONT IS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDE THIS FRONT...AND SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS EVENING...SEVERE WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...AND HAIL THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST LATE TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END F5ROM WEST TO EAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE WEATHER CHANNEL...OR OTHER COMMERCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. JJM
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.