Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 24, 2000Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2000, 9:59 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 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, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Atlantic County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 10:02 PM EDTHail 1.75Absecon, 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 375 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

465 
WUUS51 KPHI 250200
SVRPHL
NJC001-250230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
959 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.

* AT 958 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... OVER PORT REPUBLIC...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH
  OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRIGANTINE AT 1010 PM EDT...

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU
ARE IN THE STORMS PATH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

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 3955 7447 3949 7463 3925 7405 3927 7408

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester35 min
May 24, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic29 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.