Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1990, 8:20 PM EDT for Morris County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 13, 1990, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1990, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morris County, NJ, Passaic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Passaic, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KNYC 140020
SVRNYC
NJC027-031-140045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
820 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
NORTHERN MORRIS...PASSAIC
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN NEW YORK CITY SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO PASSAIC AND NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTIES.
IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
SOME HAIL...AMD DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN ITS PATH
ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. IF YOU SEE IT APPROACH SEEK
SHELTER IMM%EDIATELY.
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, Aug 13, 5:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014.017-132300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 530 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 7 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA BORDER NORTH OF MARTINSBURG NORTH THROUGH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE UP TO WARREN COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING LOCATED OVER LUZERNE COUNTY NEAR HAZLETON AND NORTH THROUGH LACKAANNA COUNTY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF SCRANTON. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT AND SPEED THIS DANGwEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO WHITE HAVEN AND MOSCOW OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. KLEIN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014.017-140000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 630 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 8 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA BORDER EAST OF HAGERSTOWN NORTH THROUGH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE UP TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING LOCATED OVER SCHUYKILL COUNTY NEAR POTTSVILLE AND NORTH THROUGH CARBON AND MONROE COUNTY JUST WEST OF STROUDSBURG. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT AND SPEED THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO NORTHHAMPTON AND THE BUSKILL AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. KLEIN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:30 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-140100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 730 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 9 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA OVER LANCASTER COUNTY NORTH THROUGH THE ALLENTOWN AREA AND THEN NORTHEAST TO ULSTER COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERTORMS EXTENDED INTO WARREN COUNTY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO ULSTER COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE. PERSON IN THE EFFECTED AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KLEIN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 8:06 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
CTZ001-002-004-005-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 804 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM. AT 800 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY OF NEW YORK STATE AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE HAD A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH IT. PERSONS IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...AT THIS TIME MAINLY THE NORTHWESTERN AREA AROUND CANDLEWOOD LAKE...SHERMAN...NEW FAIRFIELD...DANBURY AND RIDGEFIELD SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES INTO YOU AREA. ALL PERSONS NOT ONLY IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUT NEW HAVEN COUNTY AS WELL SHOULD BE NEAR A RADIO OR TV AS THIS AREA OF WEATHER MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN WITH THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS SHOW AT THE YALE BOWL SHOULD KEEP A EYE OUT THE THUNDERSTORMS. HAZZARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Union | 52 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.