Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 3:57 PM EDT for Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1990, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Middlesex County, NJ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KNYC 191957 RRA
SVRNYC
NJC023-192030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
357 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
MIDDLESEX
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AND 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS IN PROGRESS
NEAR PLAINSBORO TOWNSHIP IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
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.
GIGIWhat 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, Jun 19, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NJZ001-005--007-015-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 215 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS ABOUT TO ENTER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WAS IN PROGRESS NEAR ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER SOUTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY BY 230 NEAR THE TOWN OF PHILLIPSBURG. THIS STORM SHOULD PROGRESS ACROSS HUNTERDON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF WARREN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. PREVIOUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE AFFECTED WARREN AND SUSSEX COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE. RDADAR WAS STILL DETECTING MORE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF NEW JERSEY WHICH COULD ENTER THE GARDEN STATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TFG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-191915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 215 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS ABOUT TO ENTER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WAS IN PROGRESS NEAR ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER SOUTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY BY 230 NEAR THE TOWN OF PHILLIPSBURG. THIS STORM SHOULD PROGRESS ACROSS HUNTERDON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF WARREN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. PREVIOUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE AFFECTED WARREN AND SUSSEX COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE. RADAER WAS STILL DETECTING MORE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF NEW JERSEY WHICH COULD ENTER THE GARDEN STATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TFG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-191915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 230 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 4 PM... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK..IN ORANGE COUNTY...WEST OF WARWICK...THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING NORTHERN ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER..AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NEW JERSEY/SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA..NEAR PHILADELPHIA AND CAMDEN...THIS THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING OCEAN.. AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR... SHOWER WITH THUNDERSHOWERS WERE WIDELY ZSCATTERED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... WESTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND... SHOWERS/THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR... END/PJJ
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:23 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-192030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 325 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ROCKLAND COUNTY AND WILL PASS THROUGH NORTHERN WESTCHESTER DURING THE NEXT HOUR... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WAS OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF ROCKLAND COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS THROUGH REMAINING PARTS OF ROCKLAND COUNTY BY 345 PM AND MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES BETWEEN 345 AND 430 PM. ALL PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS OR WITHIN A CAR IMMEDIATELY. THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER STRONG uTHUNDERSTORMS WERE GROWING OVER HUNTERDON...MORRIS AND SOMERSET COUNTIES OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. GIGI
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:49 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-192030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 335 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 5 PM... A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS..LIGHTNING.. AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...BETWEEN TRENTON AND CAMDEN...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MIDDLESEX..MONMOUTH..AND OCEAN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR... A MODERATE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA..NEAR NEW PALTZ... THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR... SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. SHOWERS/THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. END/PJJ
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:50 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 350 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS FOLLOWING A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WHICH EXTENDED FROM DOVER IN MORRIS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO PRINCETON IN MERCER COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS THROUGH REMAINING PARTS OF MORRIS AND SOMERSET COUNTIES BY ABOUT 4 PM AND THEN PASS THROUGH HUDSON...ESSEX...UNION...MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. IF THIS LINE HOLDS TOGETHER...IT MAY PASS THROUGH NEW YORK CITY AND THE NEARBY COASTAL WATERS AFTER 5 PM. ALL PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MARINERS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...SO COMMUTERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GIGI
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.