Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2000, 8:55 PM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2000, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Glassboro, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
588 WUUS51 KPHI 250056 SVRPHL NJC007-015-250130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 855 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * UNTIL 930 PM EDT. * AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLOUCESTER CITY... OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MAGNOLIA...TURNERSVILLE AT 905 PM EDT... BERLIN...LINDENWOLD AT 910 PM EDT... CHESILHURST AT 920 PM EDT... FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. MPD NNNN LAT...LON 3995 7509 3981 7520 3960 7497 3970 7485
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 29 min |
| May 24, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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.