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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

June 5, 1992Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT for Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Passaic County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 052136 COR
FFWEWR
BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RESENT FOR NEW JERSEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK, NY
533 PM EDT FRI JUN 05 1992
NJC013-027-031-039-060100-

BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWARK NJ
535 PM EDT FRI JUN 05 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWARK NEW JERSEY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS

IN NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

...ESSEX...MORRIS...PASSAIC...UNION.


.WEATHER SPOTTERS AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT FROM 1.50 TO
2.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A LARGE AREA
OF RAIN...INCLUDING PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN...COVERING THE AFFECTED
AREAS.  UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT.

IF YOU GET ANY INDICATION THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE APROACHING ..MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

WZAM

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 5:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXEssex, Morris, Union4 hr

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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.