Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 29, 1998Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 10:04 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 36 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
May 29, 1998, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1998, 10:40 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 764 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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.

096 
WUUS1 KPHL 300206 RRA
SVRPHL
ANZ452-NJC001-300235-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1004 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN NEW JERSEY
  
* UNTIL 1040 PM EDT

* AT 1004 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF RICHLAND
  MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MAYS LANDING AT 1011 PM EDT
  EGG HARBOR CITY AT 1013 PM EDT
  MC KEE CITY AT 1017 PM EDT
  ATLANTIC CITY INTL ARPT AT 1024 PM EDT
  PORT REPUBLIC AT 1027 PM EDT
  LINWOOD AT 1029 PM EDT
  SOMERS POINT AT 1029 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.

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.