Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 24, 1999Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1999, 10:26 AM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 34 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 24, 1999, 10:26 AM EDT (14:26 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1999, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Mercer County, NJ

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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 241427 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC021-241500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1026 AM EDT MON MAY 24 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.

* AT 1025 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHTSTOWN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

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, 9:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem35 min
May 24, 9:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden31 min
May 24, 9:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.