Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 10:39 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 51 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 2, 1998, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burlington County, NJ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Wrightstown, 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
911 WUUS1 KPHL 030241 RRA SVRPHL NJC005-030330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1039 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 1038 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF BEVERLY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MOUNT HOLLY AT 1043 PM EDT MEDFORD AT 1047 PM EDT PEMBERTON AT 1053 PM EDT WRIGHTSTOWN AT 1056 PM EDT TABERNACLE AT 1058 PM EDT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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. GIGI/IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 62 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.