Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1992, 10:05 AM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 70 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 1992, 10:05 AM EDT (14:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1992, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 70 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, 2.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 798 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNYC 311406 FFWNYC NJC025-023-311515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1005 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY ...MONMOUTH COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY ...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS BURLINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH AND 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH ITS PASSAGE. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 40 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MONMOUTH AND SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY SHORTLY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY H`EAVY 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Jul 31, 6:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-311500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 630 AM EDT THU JUL 31 1992 WITH LIGHT WINDS...HIGH HUMIDITY AND A WARM FRONT SLOWLY MOVING NORTHWARD FROM SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS DEVELOPING AND WILL REMAIN IN MANY AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING LONG ISLAND AND NORTHER NEW JERSEY DURING THE RUSH HOUR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS MORNING. THEREFORE TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. ES
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 6:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-311500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 630 AM EDT THU JUL 31 1992 WITH LIGHT WINDS...HIGH HUMIDITY AND A WARM FRONT SLOWLY MOVING NORTHWARD FROM SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS DEVELOPING AND WILL REMAIN IN MANY AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING LONG ISLAND AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY DURING THE RUSH HOUR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS MORNING. THEREFORE TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 10:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Middlesex, Monmouth | 70 min |
| Jul 31, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Middlesex | 53 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.