Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 13, 1997Burlington County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1997, 1:52 PM EDT for Burlington County, Monmouth 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
Jun 13, 1997, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1997, 2:40 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 2:38 PM EDTThunderstorm WindSpring Lake, 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 1997-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 404 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 131752 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC005-025-131840-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
152 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 240 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  NEW JERSEY

   ...WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 149 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NWS DOPPLER
RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF COLUMBUS MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.

THIS STORM MAY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING NEARBY AREAS... COLUMBUS...
FIELDSBORO... CHESTERFIELD AND  WRIGHTSTOWN.

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY
BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. IF CAUGHT IN RISING FLOOD WATERS...ABANDON
YOUR CAR QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

JWH/RNS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIGloucester, Salem61 min
Jun 13, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem61 min
Jun 13, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex34 min
Jun 13, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.