Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1990, 5:06 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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 27, 1990, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union 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 27, 5:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bergen, NJ | |
| Aug 27, 5:30 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
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TTAA00 KNYC 272110 COR
SVRNYC
NJC003-027-013-025-031-039-272145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
506 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990 ...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
EASTERN MORRIS...ESSEX...PASSAIC...BERGEN...UNION...
MONMOUTH AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY
INTO ESSEX AND UNION COUNTIES. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
SEEN OVER PASSAIC COUNTY MOVING INTO BERGEN COUNTY. YET ANOTHER STORM
WAS OVER MONMOUTH COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU SEE THUNDERTSTORMS APPROACHING...GET INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
RIGHT AWAY. LIGHTNING IS VERY DANGEROUS...WE HAVE HAD REPORTS OF
PEOPLE BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON.
MARINERS ALONG THE MONMOUTH COUNTY COASTAL WATERS ARE URGED 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, 2 hours 31 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, 2 hours 15 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, 2 hours 9 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, 1 hour 54 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, 1 hour 24 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
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:00 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 330 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ACROSS THE AREA... AT 330 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF QUEENS COUNTY NEAR JFK AIRPOT. OTHER THUNDERTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER SUSSEX...AND MORRIES COUNTIS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THERE WERE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA OVER BUCKS COUNTY. THIS COMPLEX OF THUNERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO HUNTERDON AMD SOMMERSET COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE OVER THE NEW YORK CITY AREA AND SURROUNDING NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AREA AND COASTAL SECTIONS. ALL PERSONS IN THE EFFECTED AREAS SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATNING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. GSK
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, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Union | 40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.