Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 90 min. 2 reports 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
- May 10, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1990, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Monmouth, NJ | |
| May 10, 9:30 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, 0.0 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KNYC 102358
SVRNYC
NJC025-110130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
800 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
AND A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
MONMOUTH...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
...AT 800 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AT
ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
MONMOUTH COUNTY AND OFF THE COAST DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF AND
SOME OF THE THUNDRERSTORMS COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR..LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
TJGWhat 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, May 10, 5:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
CTZALL-102250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 549 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990 ..THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.. AT 545 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURING AT THE WEATHER OFFICE IN STRATFORD, CT. AT 545 PM RADAR DOES SHOW A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION COVERING SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. INCLUDED IN THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION ARE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS DO NOT APPEAR VERY STRONG ...HOWEVER ANY THUNDERSTOR?M MAY BE DANGEROUS. THEY MAY CONTAIN BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF HEAVY RAIN AND VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF A THUNDERSTORM DOES OCCUR NEAR YOU SEEK SHELTER AND TAKE APPROPIATE ACTION IN THESE STORMS. FOOSE
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
CTZALL-102345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 635 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990 ..HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.. AT 630 PM RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CONNECTICUT. INCLUDED IN THIS AREA ARE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE VERY STRONG BUT CONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN NOW IS JUST NORTH OF NEW HAVEN AND EASTWARD TO MADISON CT. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR STREET FLOODING AND PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS. WHILE DRIVING IN THESE POOR DRAINAGE AREAS USE EXTREME CAUTION. THIS HEAVY RAIN SHOULD REMAIN I^N SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THE NEXT TWO HOURS OR SO. FOOSE
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 640 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CREATING SOME LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS... HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACCOMPANIED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL LONG ISLAND DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS CAUSING LOCAL ROAD FLOODING ON MAJOR ROADS AND UNDERPASSES. EAST NORTHPORT WAS ONE OF THOSE SPOTS WHERE HEAVY RAIN CAUSED CONSIDERABLE ROAD FLOODING AS THE STORM MOVE THROUGH. BETHPAGE LONG ISLAND WAS ANOTHER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FOLLOWED THE STORMS AS THEY MOVED UP TO THE NORTHEAST AND AS OF 630 PM EDT SHOWED THEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT IN THE AREA STRETCHING FROM ABOUT BRIDGEPORT TO JUST WEST OF NEW LONDON. ELSEWHERE SOME POTENTIALLY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTNORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND COULD BE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF HUNTERDON AND WARREN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND MIGHT CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. TJG
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED FOR DAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 640 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CREATING SOME LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS... HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACCOMPANIED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL LONG ISLAND DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS CAUSING LOCAL ROAD FLOODING ON MAJOR ROADS AND UNDERPASSES. EAST NORTHPORT WAS ONE OF THOSE SPOTS WHERE HEAVY RAIN CAUSED CONSIDERABLE ROAD FLOODING AS THE STORM MOVE THROUGH. BETHPAGE LONG ISLAND WAS ANOTHER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FOLLOWED THE STORMS AS THEY MOVED UP TO THE NORTHEAST AND AS OF 630 PM EDT SHOWED THEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT IN THE AREA STRETCHING FROM ABOUT BRIDGEPORT TO JUST WEST OF NEW LONDON. ELSEWHERE SOME POTENTIALLY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTNORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND COULD BE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF HUNTERDON AND WARREN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND MIGHT CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. TJG
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.