Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS New York, NY

July 9, 1990Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1990, 3:05 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 85 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 9, 1990, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
85 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 4:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Middlesex, 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, 7.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1990-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 684 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1990-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
684 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHunterdon, Warren85 min
Jul 9, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSomerset85 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXEssex, Morris, Union45 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset, Union65 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Passaic65 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMonmouth65 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHudson65 min
Jul 9, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRichmond2 hr
Jul 9, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, New York2 hr
Jul 9, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, Nassau, Queens2 hr
Jul 9, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk2 hr

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.