Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 3:32 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 68 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, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 4:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Atsion, 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
328 WUUS1 KPHL 261935 RRA SVRPHL NJC001-005-262035- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 332 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY NORTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 440 PM EDT * AT 328 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN THE VICINITY OF ATSION... BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS... MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. THIS CONTINUES TO HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. TREE TOPS WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN SOMERDALE IN CAMDEN COUNTY. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS JUST REPORTED IN MOUNT LAUREL AND MARLTON. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SWEETWATER AT 335 PM EDT JENKINS AT 340 PM EDT NEW GRETNA AT 350 PM EDT GREEN BANK AT 350 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 &
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, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 61 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.