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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS New York, NY

July 15, 1992Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 1992, 7:12 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1992, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1992-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1693 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1992-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 152313
FFWNYC
NJC025-003-013-017-023-031-039-NYC085-160015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
712 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
 
   ...MONMOUTH COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOUTHERN BERGEN COUNTY...ESSEX COUNTY...HUDSON COUNTY
   ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...SOUTHERN PASSAIC COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...RICHMOND COUNTY (STATEN ISLAND)
 
A SQUALL LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS EXTENDED FROM EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY
SOUTHWARD THROUGH SOMERSET COUNTY.  THIS SQUALL LINE HAS HAD A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...P~EOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMonmouth68 min
Jul 15, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMonmouth58 min
Jul 15, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWarren53 min
Jul 15, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHunterdon, Somerset50 min
Jul 15, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXEssex, Morris, Union41 min
Jul 15, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHunterdon, Warren56 min
Jul 15, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen52 min
Jul 15, 6:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXHunterdon, Warren2 hr
Jul 15, 6:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXMorris, Somerset57 min
Jul 15, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMorris, Somerset57 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Passaic63 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXHudson63 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXUnion63 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMiddlesex, Monmouth, Union63 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson63 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPassaic63 min

Nearby

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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.