Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1990, 3:05 PM EDT for Somerset 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
County Somerset 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 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Somerset, 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 124 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KNYC 091910
SVRNYC
NJC041-019-035-023-025-092030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
305 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
SOUTHERN WARREN...HUNTERDON..SOMERSET..MIDDLESEX..MONMOUTH
A POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS BEING FOLLOWED ON RADAR IN THE
VICINITY SOUTH OF ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA AT 3 PM EDT. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND MIGHT CONTAIN STRONG
WIND GUSTS TO OVER 55 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND 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.
TJGThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Middlesex, Monmouth | 85 min |
| Jul 9, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hunterdon, Warren | 85 min |
| Jul 9, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Morris, Union | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Union | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Passaic | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Monmouth | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 65 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.