Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1992, 11:46 AM EST for Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 1992, 11:46 AM EST (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 1992, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Somerset County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KNYC 141648
SVRNYC
NJC035-141745-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY
1146 AM EST TUE JAN 14 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
...SOMERSET COUNTY
AT 11:45 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT NEW YORK CITY
DETECTED A POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH
THROUGH HUNTERDON COUNTY. IT WILL MOVE OVER SOMERSET COUNTY DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.
EXPECT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS..HAIL.. LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.{
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.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 46 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 46 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 41 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, 43 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, 40 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
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 11:34 AM EST, 12 minutes before
CTZALL-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 1135 AM EST TUE JAN 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT UNTIL 3 PM... ...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL CONNECTICUT THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 1130 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY OF CONNECTICUT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO NEW HAVEN AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES BY NOON TODAY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AND HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVWERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FOOSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 11:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hunterdon | 65 min |
| Jan 14, 12:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Middlesex | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.