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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS New York, NY

June 21, 1993Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1993, 6:55 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1993, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1993-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 131 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1993-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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, Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-212200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
440 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993

...NOT TO BE USED AFTER 6 PM EDT...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR
MORRIS...SUSSEX...WARREN AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY...AND ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING
THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...CONNECTICUT...AND LONG ISLAND...

AT 425 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL WAS IN A 25 MILE WIDE LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BINGHAMTON NEW YORK TO EAST OF SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA TO YORK
PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NEAR GLADSTONE IN SOMERSET
COUNTY...AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND. THE AREA WAS FROM UTICA
NEW YORK TO ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA TO 60 MILES WEST OF BALTIMORE
MARYLAND. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE OCEAN FROM 100 MILES EAST OF
NEW YORK CITY TO 110 MILES SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY.

MET
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-212200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
510 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT THIS EVENING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR NORTHWEST
NEW JERSEY AND ORANGE COUNTY..NEW YORK.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE
AREA UNTIL 10 PM.

AS OF 5:05 PM..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A RATHER
NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM EAST
CENTRAL NEW YORK..WEST OF ALBANY SOUTHWEST ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED IN THIS LINE WERE SEVERE.
EARLIER..SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 58 MPH. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND OVER SULLIVAN
AND ULSTER COUNTIES..NEW YORK. AS THESE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
30 MPH..THEY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SOME
STORMS MIGHT PRODUCE HAIL.

THE SOUTHERN CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL MOVE OVER NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY..SPECIFICALLY WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
THESE STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BY 7
PM. THE NORTHERN CLUSTER OF HEAVY STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE HUDSON VALLEY..JUST NORTH OF OUR AREA.

STAY TUNE TO COMMERCIAL TV AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO. REMEMBER TO RELAY
STORM REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (OFFICE.

GTC
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-212300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
542 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993

...NOT TO BE USED AFTER 7 PM EDT...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR
MORRIS...SUSSEX...WARREN AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY...AND ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING
THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...CONNECTICUT...AND LONG ISLAND...

AT 525 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL WAS IN A 20 MILE WIDE LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BINGHAMTON NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... SOUTHWEST
THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO 40 MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...IN HUNTERDON
COUNTY...AND INTO CENTRAL MARYLAND JUST WEST OF BALTIMORE.
THE AREA EXTENDED FROM ALBANY NEW YORK TO CENTRAL MARYLAND.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR.

MET/DSS
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-212300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
542 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993

...NOT TO BE USED AFTER 7 PM EDT...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR
MORRIS...SUSSEX...WARREN AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY...AND ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING
THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...CONNECTICUT...AND LONG ISLAND...

AT 525 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL WAS IN A 20 MILE WIDE LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BINGHAMTON NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... SOUTHWEST
THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO 40 MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY2...IN HUNTERDON
COUNTY...AND INTO CENTRAL MARYLAND JUST WEST OF BALTIMORE.
THE AREA EXTENDED FROM ALBANY NEW YORK TO CENTRAL MARYLAND.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR.

MET/DSS
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:41 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMorris, Warren64 min
Jun 21, 5:54 PM EDTTornado WarningOKXMorris, Somerset51 min
Jun 21, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXEssex, Union52 min
Jun 21, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHudson55 min
Jun 21, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange55 min
Jun 21, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland, Westchester57 min
Jun 21, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRichmond55 min
Jun 21, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, Queens55 min

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.