Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 3:54 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 61 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 26, 1998, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ocean County, NJ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 58 | Tuckerton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 1487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
400 WUUS1 KPHL 261954 RRA SVRPHL ANZ451-NJC029-262055- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 354 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 455 PM EDT * AT 350 PM EDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OCEAN COUNTY. IT IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... TUCKERTON AT 358 PM EDT MANAHAWKIN AT 400 PM EDT SURF CITY AT 405 PM EDT BEACH HAVEN AT 405 PM EDT HARVEY CEDARS AT 405 PM EDT 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. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH IN BURLINGTON COUNTY AND UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL. 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. WN/TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.