Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1989, 11:25 PM EDT for Monmouth 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 counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1989, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1989, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monmouth County, NJ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:37 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Monmouth, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 2362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 KNYC 080328 SVRNYC NJC025-080400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED ATTENTION U.S. COAST GUARD PLEASE BROADCAST ON 2182 KHZ. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1125 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY... NORTHERN MONMOUTH AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING RARITAN BAY. AT 1120 PM RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH NEW YORK HARBOR AND INTO RARITAN BAY. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MARINE INTERESTS IN RARITAN BAY AND NEW YORK HARBOR SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PERSONS IN NORTHERN MONMOUTH COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INSIDE FOR THE GREATEST PROTECTION. JRP
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 625 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 8 PM EDT..THIS INCLUDES ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CONNECTICUT UNTIL 10 PM EDT.. AT 625PM THIS EVENING RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 10 SOUTHEAST OF SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA...10 AND 20 MILES EAST OF POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK...AND 10 MILES EAST OF HARTFORD CONNECTICUT... THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER SECTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NO-RTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR... END/STALKER..
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
^BOSSPSBDR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 710 PM EST FRI JUL 07 1989 .....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF CONNECTICUT...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10 PM EDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORN NEAR WATERBURY IS MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD MERIDEN IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY. THE PUBLIC REPORTS LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS LIVING IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT SHOULD THIS STRONG THUNDERSTONM APPROACH YOUR AREA AND SEEK SHELTER FOUR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW MOVING FROM DUCHES COUNTY INTO NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. PERSON LIVING IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORM FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WALKER
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 725 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 8 PM EDT..THIS INCLUDES ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CONNECTICUT UNTIL 10 PM EDT.. AT 725PM THIS EVENING RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER WARREN AND SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY OF NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... 10 MILES NORTH OF NEW LONDON...10 MILES NORTH OF NEW HAVEN...15 MILES WEST OF HARTFORD AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERBURY CONNECTICUT.. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVrER SECTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR... END/STALKER..
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 8:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 725 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CONNECTICUT UNTIL 10 PM EDT AT 825PM THIS EVENING RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF LAGUARDIA AIRPORT AND OVER EASTERN MONROE AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK..EASTERN HALF OF CONNECTICUT..NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR... END/STALKER..
Local storm report, Jul 7, 10:47 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK, NY
1047 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 1989
STORM REPORT FOR FRIDAY JUL 7 1989
TIME COUNTY TOWN EVENT
845 PM EDT NASSAU HICKSVILLE LARGE TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS;
MANY WIRES AND POWER LINES DOWN;
POWER OUTAGES; MARBLE-SIZE HAIL
845 PM EDT NASSAU BETHPAGE FUNNEL CLOUD; GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS
915 PM EDT SUFFOLK DEER PARK LARGE TREES DOWN, KNOCKING DOWN
TELEPHONE POLES, WHICH TOOK DOWN
LOTS OF WIRES
END/YANDRICH...The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Warren | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hunterdon | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.