Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 1987
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 1987, 3:40 PM EDT for Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 80 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1987, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1987, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEWR 091943 FFWEWR NJC003-031-092100- BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWARK NJ 340 PM EDT THU JUL 9 1987 ...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...PASSAIC A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT. A SPOTTER REPORT FORM BERGEN COUNTY SHOWN THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY IN LESS HALF AN HOUR. URBAN FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN GARFIELD NEW JERSEY ON THE BERGEN PASSAIC COUNTY BORDER WHERE AUTOMOBILES ARE SUBMERGED UNDER WATER. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IF YOU GET ANY INDICATION THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE APPROACHING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATEDLY. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMlENT PERSONNEL. GIGI
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:56 AM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK, NY
956 AM EDT THU JUL 09 1987
STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY JULY 9 1987
TIME(Z) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT
09/0450Z MIDDLESEX NJ 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL.
09/0525Z MONMOUTH NJ FREEHOLD 2 BLOCK AREA WITH
LARGE TREES DOWN.
AREA CLOSED OFF.Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY..SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY NOON EDT THU JUL 9 1987 ...HEAT AND HUMIDITY CAN BE DANGEROUS TO HEALTH... EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY CAN CAUSE SEVERE STRESS ON THE HUMAN BODY. TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM VASCULAR AND PULMINARY PROBLEMS. CAUTION AND GOOD JUDGEMENT SHOULD BE EXCERCISED TO KEEP OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO A MINIMUM DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM. A KEEP COOL STRATEGY SHOULD BE EXERCISED WITH THE EMPHASIS ON COOL PLACES AND REST AS OPPOSED TO EXERTION. LIGHT AND LOOSE CLOTHING IS RECOMMENDED AND WALKING AS OPPOSED TO RUNNING OR HURRYING. REMEMBER THE LIFE YOU SAVE MIGHT BE YOUR OWN OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE. TJG
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:46 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 230 PM EDT THU JUL 9 1987 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 4 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH NEW JERSEY AND THE WATERS JUST OFFSHORE AS WELL AS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONNECTICUT MASSACHUSETTS AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. A FEW OF THEM WERE VERY HEAVY...WITH THE STRONGEST ONES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY...BETWEEN WILLIAMSPORT AND SCRANTON IN PENNSYLVANIA...AND FROM NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY SO}ME OF THESE STORMS. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS. END/TCM
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Monmouth | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.