Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 5, 1999Middlesex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1999, 3:10 PM EDT for Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 20 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
Aug 5, 1999, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1999, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Middlesex County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 5, 3:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50North Brunswick, 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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1999-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1999-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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.

000 
TTAA00 KPHI 051914 RRA
SVRPHL
NJC023-051930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
310 PM EDT THU AUG 5 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.

* AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 2 MILES WEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...OR ABOUT
  OVER SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...  
  WOODBRIDGE...
  SOUTH PLAINFIELD...
  SOUTH AMBOY...
  SAYREVILLE...
  PERTH AMBOY...
  NEW BRUNSWICK...
  METUCHEN...
  MADISON PARK...
  ISELIN...
  HIGHLAND PARK...
  EDISON...
  EAST BRUNSWICK...
    
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 50 MPH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MOUNT HOLLY.

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset48 min
Aug 5, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth35 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.