Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS New York, NY

January 14, 1992Hunterdon County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1992, 11:25 AM EST for Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 1992, 11:25 AM EST (16:25 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 1992, 12:30 PM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Hunterdon County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 1992-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 342 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
386 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 severe thunderstorm 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, Jan 14, 6:00 AM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
NYZ014017-NJZ001-005-007-015-141500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
600 AM EST TUE JAN 14 1992

...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NEW YORK CITY..NORTH
COASTAL NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND...VERY COLD WEATHER FROM WEDNESDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND...

A STORM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY WILL
INTENSIFY AND INCREASE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ESPECIALLY ALONG COASTAL
SECTIONS. VERY WARM AIR MOVING NORTHWARD WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS.

A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY AND SHIFT WINDS INTO
THE NORTHWEST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL PULL DOWN MUCH COLDER AIR LATE
TODAY AND TONIGHT AND DROP THE MERCURY SHARPLY BY MORNING.

COLD WEATHER WILL THEN GRIP OUR AREA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AS
NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS PERSIST. WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW FLURRIES
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS WITH
POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AS A
WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM PUSHES ACROSS.

TJG
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 10:00 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NYZ014017-NJZ001-005-007-015-142000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1000 AM EST TUE JAN 14 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST...
...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NEW YORK CITY..NORTH
COASTAL NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND...VERY COLD WEATHER FROM WEDNESDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND...

A STORM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK STATE THIS AFTERNOON
WILL INTENSIFY AND INCREASE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ESPECIALLY ALONG
COASTAL SECTIONS WITH SOME GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 50 MPH. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF
A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST BY LATE AFTERNOON.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW ISOLATED
TORNADOES WITH THIS STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM.

A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW OF MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN WITH US FOR THE
REST OF THE WEEK. WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW FLURRIES TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS WITH POSSIBLY
SOME LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AS A WEAK WEATHER
SYSTEM PUSHES ACROSS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT ABOUT 3 PM EST.

RPM
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 10:05 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
CTZ005-006-142000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
1045 AM EST TUE JAN 14 1992

...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL CONNECTICUT  THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING ALONG COASTAL CONNECTICUT WILL BECOME..
SOUTH  THIS AFTERNOON AT 20 TO 30 MPH THEN BECOME VERY STRONG AT TIMES
BETWEEN 3PM AND MIDNIGHT WITH  DAMAGING GUSTS POSSIBLE VICINITY OF
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. WINDS SHOULD SHIFT TO
TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TONIGHT WITH SIMILAR SPEEDS.

ALL POSSESIONS SUSCEPTIBLE TO WIND DAMAGE SHOULD BE SECURED AND HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES  SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR  STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

AN INTENSE LOW OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AT MID MORNING WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST TO NEAR MONTREAL CANADA BY LATE IN THE DAY AND SWEEP A COLD
FRONT THROUGH CONNECTICUT THIS EVENING.
WALKER
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 11:03 AM EST, 22 minutes before
NYZ014017-NJZ001-005-007-015-142000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1050 AM EST TUE JAN 14 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST...

...DO NOT USE AFTER 12 NOON...

AT 1045 THIS MORNING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK IN DUTCHESS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVE ACROSS DUTCHESS
COUNTY.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA FROM ALLENTOWN SOUTH TO NEAR PHILADELPHIA...THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
THUNDERSHOWERS WITH LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...PORTIONS OF LONG ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT...AS WELL AS...OVER
PORTIONS OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES .

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ONB THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 12 NOON.

MAC
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 11:06 AM EST, 19 minutes before
NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-142000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1050 AM EST TUE JAN 14 1992...CORRECTION TO HEADER

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST...

...DO NOT USE AFTER 12 NOON...

AT 1045 THIS MORNING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK IN DUTCHESS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVE ACROSS DUTCHESS
COUNTY.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA FROM ALLENTOWN SOUTH TO NEAR PHILADELPHIA...THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
THUNDERSHOWERS WITH LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...PORTIONS OF LONG ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT...AS WELL AS...OVER
PORTIONS OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES .

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ONB THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 12 NOON.

MAC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 11:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSomerset59 min
Jan 14, 12:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMiddlesex39 min

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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.