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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS New York, NY

June 8, 1992Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1992, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 1992-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 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 1992-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Jun 8, 2:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
NYZ014>17-NJZ01-05-07-15-072000

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
150 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1992

...THUN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
CTZ001-004-005-082030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
230 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1992

AT 225 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
MOVING INTO WESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED
IN EASTERN NEW YORK STATE JUST WEST OF DANBURY CONNECTICUT.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
SOME SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
MWERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

BINGHAM
Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWARK NJ
355 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1992

...THUNDERSTORM REPORTS FROM JUNE 8 1992...

TIME     COUNTY        LOCATION            EVENT
1344     HUDSON        HARRISON            3/8" DIAMETER HAIL
1400     MORRIS        MORRIS TOWNSHIP     1 INCH RAIN IN 30 MINUTES

WZAM
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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.