Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 24, 1999Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1999, 9:20 AM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 35 min. 3 reports 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
May 24, 1999, 9:20 AM EDT (13:20 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1999, 9:55 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 9:22 AM EDTHail 0.75Woodstown, NJ
May 24, 9:30 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Harrisonville, NJ
May 24, 9:32 AM EDTHail 2Mullica Hill, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 9:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1999-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1999-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 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.

999 
WUUS1 KPHL 241321 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC015-033-241355-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
920 AM EDT MON MAY 24 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 955 AM EDT.

* AT 918 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLICA HILL... MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MULLICA HILL AT 920 AM EDT.
  ALMONESSON AT 920 AM EDT.
  BARNSBORO AT 925 AM EDT.
  PITMAN AT 925 AM EDT.
  GLASSBORO AT 925 AM 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.

.END
WN/MPD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden31 min
May 24, 9:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington33 min
May 24, 10:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer34 min
May 24, 10:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset48 min
May 24, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem34 min
May 24, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden30 min
May 24, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington34 min
May 24, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester39 min
May 24, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland39 min
May 24, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington51 min
May 24, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.