Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1997, 1:36 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 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
- Aug 13, 1997, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1997, 2:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 1:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Laurelton, 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 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 131734 RRA SVRPHL NJC029-NJZ501-131835- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 136 PM EDT WED AUG 13 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 235 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NEW JERSEY ...NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY AND A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 235 PM EDT FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...MANASQUAN INLET NJ TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 130 PM EDT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKEWOOD MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR THE TOWNS OF BRICK AND PT PLEASANT DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 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 BUISNESS. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND MOVE TO PROTECTED WATERS TO AVOID DAMAGING WINDS AND SEAS. MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR CREW ARE WEARING APPROVED FLOTATION DEVICES...ESPECIALLY WITH APPROACHING BAD WEATHER. AVOID HEADING INTO THE STORM WHILE SEEKING SAFE HAVEN. BOATS IN PORT SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR MARINE CHANNEL 16. AMC/TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.