Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS New York, NY

June 24, 19924 counties in New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 8:36 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1992, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1313 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 250036
SVRNYC
NJC003-013-017-031-250135-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY
836 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOUTHERN BERGEN COUNTY...ESSEX COUNTY...HUDSON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN PASSAIC COUNTY
 
...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
AT 83O THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
WESTERN ESSEX COUNTY OF NEW JERSEY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AS IT MOVED ACROSS MORRIS COUNTY. THERE WAS A
CONFIRMED REPORT OF A TORNADO OVER SCHOOLEYS MOUNTAIN IN MORRIS
COUNTY...SMALL HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS WELL AS
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AND HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS
ESSEX COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN BERGEN COUNTY  AND SOUTHERN PASSAIC COUNTY
BY 9 PM AND INTO HUDSON COUNTY BY 915 TONIGHT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
CAROPOLO

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, Jun 24, 5:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
NJ001-005-007-015-NYZ-14-017-242300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
530 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

...DO NOT USE AFTER 7 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HALF
OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN SULLIVAN
COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY RAIN WAS OVER
NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY. THESE STORM WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES
AN HOUR. THE STORM OVER SULLIVAN COUNTY WILL BE MOVING INTO ORANGE AND
ULSTER COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THE STORM OVER DUTCHESS COUNTY
SHOULD BE MOVING INTO LITCHEFIELD COUNTY OF CONNECTICUT WITHIN THE
NEXT HALF HOUR ALOS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER MOST OF EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND INTO SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE.

A NEW AREA OF SHOWRS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVERN EXTREMEES
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA OVER CHESTER AND DELAWARE COUNTIES.

MOST OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

KLEIN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
NJ001-005-007-015-NYZ-14-017-250000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
630 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

...DO NOT USE AFTER 8 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HALF
OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ORANGE
COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY RAIN WAS OVER
NORTHERN LITCHFILD COUNTY OF CONNECTICUT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SCATTERED OVER MOST OF ESOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE AND MOVING INT THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHESTTS.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHERN vDELAWARE AND QUICKLY
MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORM WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.

MOST OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

KLEIN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
CTZ001-004-005-250100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
700 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
ALL OF CONNECTICUT EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST...

AT 655 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING EXTREME
WESTERN CONNECTICUT NEAR THE TOWNS OF KENT...NEW MILFORD...SHERMAN...
AND NEW FAIRFIELD...OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST LITCHFIELD COUNTY AND EXTREME
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

BOATERS ON CANDLEWOOD LAKE SHOULD SEEK A SAFE HARBOR NOW TO AVOID
DANGEROUS WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERV=ED...PLEASE HAVE YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICE RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:42 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
NJ001-005-007-015-NYZ-14-017-250100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
730 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

...DO NOT USE AFTER 9 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HALF
OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH POSSIBLE HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY FROM ATLANTIC COUNTY NORTH THROUGH EASTERN OCEAN
COUNTY. THESE SYSTEM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A THUDERSTROM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY
OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN
HOUR AND SHOULD BE MOVCING INTO ESSEX COUNTY VERY SHORTLY.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN PUTNAM
COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE AND MOVING EAST INTO LITCHIFILD COUNTY OF
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.

MOST OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

KLEIN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:24 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
CTZ001-002-004-005-250230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
820 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NEW HAVEN...MIDDLESEX...AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...

AT 815 PM EDT...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED IN THESE COUNTIES.
HOWEVER THERE WERE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OCCURRING...FROM JUST
NORTH OF DANBURY...INTO THE WATERBURY AREA.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR LOCAL CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:30 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NJ001-005-007-015-NYZ-14-017-250200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
830 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

...DO NOT USE AFTER 10 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HALF
OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL LITCHFIELD COUNTY
OF CONNECTICUT. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM PUTNAM AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES OF NEW YORK STATE
EAST THROUGH MOST OF CONNECTICUT AND EXTENDING INTO SECTIONS OF CENTRAL
MASSACHETTS.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER NORTHERN MARYLAND JUST
NORTH OF BALTIMORE. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LARGER SYSTEM OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHEDT FROM CENTRAL MARYLAND NORTH THROUGH SOUTHERN
PENNSYLVANAI AND NEW JERSEY.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

KLEIN

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.