Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 11:44 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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 28, 1990, 11:44 PM EDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1990, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson 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 29, 12:08 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bergen, NJ | |
| Aug 29, 12:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Morris, NJ | |
| Aug 29, 12:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Essex, 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1276 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KNYC 290345
SVRNYC
NJC003-013-039-017-019-027-031-035-NYC087-119-290445-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1144 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
BERGEN...ESSEX...UNION...HUDSON...HUNTERDON...MORRIS...
PASSAIC...SOMERSET...
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
ROCKLAND...WESTCHESTER...
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWESTERN NEW
JERSEY AT THIS TIME. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY
45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY AND ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEASTERN
NEW YORK DURING THE NEXT HOUR...
THIS LINE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WRIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
RSWhat 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 28, 9:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 930 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 11 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HUDSON VALLEY... AT 930 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER THE HUDSON VALLEY FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GLENS FALLS SOUTHWEST THROUGH 20 MILES NORTH OF SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM BAINBRIDGE IN NORTHERN DELAWARE TO DEPOSIT IN BROOME COUNTIES. THIS LINE ALSO EXTENDED INTO SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THERE WERE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA OVER BRADFORD COUNT. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ALL PERSONS IN THE EFFECTED AREAS SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATNING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. GSK
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 10:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
CTZ001002-004-005-290330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 1026 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON THE DOORSTEP OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT AND SOON WILL BE KNOWN BY PERSONS IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS MOVING ACROSS THE HUDSON VALLEY FROM JUST NORTH AND WEST OF POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK. THIS LINE OF STROMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD REACH NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY BETWEEN 11 AND 1115 PM AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY SOON AFTER. PERSONS IN FAIRFIELD AS WELL AS NEW HAVEN COUNTIES SHOULD BE IN A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATNING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. REMEMBER fLIGHTNING CAN BE A KILLER. HAZZARD
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 10:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1030 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 12 MIDNIGHT EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO LOWER HUDSON VALLEY... AT 1030 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENS FALLS SOUTHWEST THROUGH WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SULLIVAN COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SULLIVAN COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE RIGHT NEAR LIVINGSTON MANOR. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF SPEED AND DIRECTION MOVEMENT THIS STROM SHOULD BE MOVING INTO LIBERTY AT ANY TIME AND INTO MONTICELLO WITHIN THE THE NEXT HALF HOUR. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ALL PERSONS IN THE EFFECTED AREAS SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATNING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. GSK
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 11:30 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-290500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1130 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 1 AM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA. AT 1130 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER ORANGE COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. THIS AREA EXTENDED INTO SUSSEX COUNTY OF NEW JERSEY AND ALSO INTO MONROE COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER BERKS COUNTY OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR HAMBURG. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER STROUDSBURG IN THE POCONOS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER ORANGE COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE WESTERN HALF OF CONNECTICUT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOLVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ALL PERSONS IN THE EFFECTED AREAS SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATNING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. GSK
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Sussex, Warren | 66 min |
| Aug 28, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hunterdon, Somerset | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Middlesex, Monmouth | 67 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.