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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS New York, NY

August 9, 1992Warren County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1992, 1:08 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1992, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1992, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 1992-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1024 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 1992-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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, Aug 9, 12:50 PM EDT, 18 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMorris, Passaic, Sussex67 min
Aug 9, 3:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXMonmouth66 min
Aug 9, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMonmouth66 min
Aug 9, 2:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXRockland, Westchester62 min
Aug 9, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland, Westchester62 min
Aug 9, 3:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXWestchester63 min
Aug 9, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester33 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.