Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1990, 3:50 PM EDT for Union County, New Jersey. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1990, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 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 271951
SVRNYC
NYC085-NJC017-039-272030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
350 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
RICHMOND...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
HUDSON...UNION...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HUDSON AND UNION COUNTIES
OF NEW JERSEY AS WELL AS STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS.
GET INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.
MARINERS ARE URGE|D TO GET TO A SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
JRPWhat 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 27, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 235 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 1990 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY POP UP THIS AFTERNOON... AT 230 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS NOTED OVER ROCKLAND COUNTY NEW YORK AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG THE NEW JERSEY BORDER TOWARD WESTCHESTER COUNTY. AN EARLIER STORM OVER ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK HAD BLOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...SO IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU THIS AFTERNOON BE AWARE THAT IT COULD CONTAIN BRIEF BUT GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 OR 45 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTN"ING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. JRP
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 235 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990 ...CORRECTED FOR DATE... ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY POP UP THIS AFTERNOON... AT 230 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS NOTED OVER ROCKLAND COUNTY NEW YORK AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG THE NEW JERSEY BORDER TOWARD WESTCHESTER COUNTY. AN EARLIER STORM OVER ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK HAD BLOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...SO IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU THIS AFTERNOON BE AWARE THAT IT COULD CONTAIN BRIEF BUT GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 OR 45 MILES AN HOUR...D#ANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. JRP
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:51 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
CTZ004-005-271945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 250 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990 AT 240 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT FROM DANBURY TO REDDING. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. NEWTOWN TO MONROE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE THE SHY DARKEN TO THE WEST SOON AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS FAIRFIELD COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS WAS STILL IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE CONNECTICUT STATE LINE AROUND GREENWICH...STAMFORD AND NEW CANAAN BETWEEN 330 AND 4 PM. HAZZARD
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:57 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
CTZ004-005-271945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 250 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990 AT 240 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT FROM DANBURY TO REDDING. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NEWTOWN TO MONROE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE THE SHY DARKEN TO THE WEST SOON AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS FAIRFIELD COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS WAS STILL IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE CONNECTICUT STATE LINE AROUND GREENWICH...STAMFORD AND NEW CANAAN BETWEEN 330 AND 4 PM. HAZZARD
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:12 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SPECIAL MARINE STATEMENT NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 305 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ACROSS THE AREA... AT 305 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER THE RIVERDALE SECTION OF THE BRONX IN NEW YORK CITY AND BERGEN COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. THIS WAS THE SAME THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WHICH PRODUCED FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH IN ROCKLAND COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE REST OF NEW YORK CITY AND THE NEARBY COASTAL WATERS SURROUNDING NEW YORK CITY DURING THIS NEXT HOUR. ALL PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THEY SEE THREATENING WEATHER. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE HARBORING AT THE FIRST SIGHT OF THREATENING WEATHE=R. TFG
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:42 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
CTZ004-005-272030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 342 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990 AT 340 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVED SOUTHEAST OF GREENWICH CONNECTICUT INTO LONG ISLAND SOUND AND THE NORTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. JUST SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. A LIGHT RAINSHOWER WAS REPORTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE BRIDGEPORT LOCATED AT SIKORSKY AIRPORT. A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM...POSSIBLY WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAZZARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic, Union | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Monmouth | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.