Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1990, 3:20 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 55 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
- Jul 5, 1990, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1990, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Middlesex County, NJ, 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 5, 3:25 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Middlesex, NJ | |
| Jul 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 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 051920
SVRNYC
NJC023-025-052015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
320 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
THEY WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH MONMOUTH COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FLIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
EYWhat 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 5, 10:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1030 AM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ON THE WEATHER MAP THIS MORNING IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. HOT HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS IN PLACE OVER NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. AS THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT BURROWS UNDER THE WARMER AIR TO THE SOUTH...THE WARM AIR WILL BE FORCED UPWARD AND THIS...COMBINED WITH THE UNSTABLE NATURE OF THE AIRMASS...WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH QUITE STRONG LEVELS...AND YIELD BRIEF BUT VERY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH HAIL AS WELL AS DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ALL AREA RESIDENTS NEED TO BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE WEATHER FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ITS A GOOD IDEA TO PERIODICALLY CHECK THE FORECAST TO SEE HOW THE WEATHER IS DEVELOPING ...AS WELL AS TO LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 90S ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ITS ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE IT EASY WITH SUCH HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY. IF YOU'RE WORKING OUTDOORS...GIVE YOUR BODY A BREAK EVERY SO OFTEN BY GETTING INTO A COOLER PLACE...AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE DRINKING PLENTY OF LIQUIDS. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD LATER THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERAATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LOWER...AND MORE PLEASANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. JRP
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-06000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY 130 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 3 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THREATING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN PEENSYLVANIA EAST THROUGH SNYDER COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF THE NEW JERSEY BORDER IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NORTH OF POTTSVILLE IN SCKUYKILL COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. MOVEMENT WAST EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. GSK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-051900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY 130 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 3 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA EAST THROUGH SNYDER COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF THE NEW JERSEY BORDER IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NORTH OF POTTSVILLE IN SCKUYKILL COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. MOVEMENT WAST EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. GSK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:39 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-052000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY 230 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 4 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA EAST LEHIGH COUNTY JUST WEST OF ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER BERKS COUNTY NORTH OF READING. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUST.Y WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS WERE OVER CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY. MOVMENT WAS TO SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. GSK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:45 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 245 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY TIL 8 PM... A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH OUR AREA AT EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HOT AIRMASS OVER US WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPLACED BY A COOLER ONE FROM THE NORTHWEST. ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF HOT AND COLD AIR...A BATTLE ZONE WAS BEING FORMED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND OUR AREA WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF TODAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEW JERSEY...PARTICULARLY CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...ALL AREA RESIDENTS NEED TO KEEP ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WEATHER CAN MOVE VERY QUICKLY...SO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA TONIGHT...WE LOOK FOR MORE PLEASANT WEATHER TO ARRIVE FOR LATER TONIGHT @AND FRIDAY. THIS IMPROVED WEATHER SHOULD LINGER INTO SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE MUCH MORE TOLERABLE...WITH TEMPERATURES A BIT BELOW NORMAL FOR THE SEASON. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JRP
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hunterdon | 50 min |
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.