Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New York, NY

Issued

May 31, 1991, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)

Expired

May 31, 1991, 3:30 PM EDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Warren County, 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.

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NJC027-019-041-311930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY
224 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...HUNTERDON COUNTY...SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY
 
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN SPOTTER IN BELVIDERE REPORTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN PROGRESS.  TREES AND POWERLINES WERE
REPORTED DOWN.
 
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH WERE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR  HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-302000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
145 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 P.M....

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR MOST OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK UNTIL 8 P.M.  ALL
COUNTIES WITHIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY.S AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

AT 1:40 P.M. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ALBANY...NEW YORK SOUTHWEST
ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLAVANIA TO NORTHWEST OF READING.  SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTyY WINDS.  THIS LINE
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AS NEEDED OVER
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND/OR TELEVISION...SO STAY
TUNED.

GTC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
130 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 1991

...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 3 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR THE
HUDSON VALLEY...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...THE METROPOLITAN
AREA AND LONG ISLAND.

RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CARBON COUNTY
IN EASTERN PENNSYLVAINIA.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM SCHUYKILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA NORTHEAST TO HERKIMER AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES IN NEW YORK.

THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

MIESELL
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.