Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 1992, 3:39 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1992, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monmouth County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1024 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNYC 091942 FFWNYC NJC025-092045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 339 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY ...MONMOUTH COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS A SMALL BUT POWERFUL THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPAvRE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Aug 9, 12:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-023-024-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1230 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 2 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND...EXCEPT EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. RADARS FROM AROUND THE REGION AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PIKE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AND HUNTERDON COUNTY NEW JERSEY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND...RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IFC
Local storm report, Aug 9, 1:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 115 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 STORM REPORTS FOR THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 9 1992 TIME (EDT) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT ------ ---- ----------- --------------------- --------------------- 115 PM ORANGE UNIONVILLE HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTING TFG
Local storm report, Aug 9, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 145 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 STORM REPORTS FOR THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 9 1992 TIME (EDT) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT ------4---- ----------- --------------------- --------------------- 115 PM ORANGE NY UNIONVILLE HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTING 145 PM SUSSEX NJ NEWTON 1.35" IN 40 MIN TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Morris, Passaic, Sussex | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Warren | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Monmouth | 66 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.