Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1993, 4:40 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1993, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 142042 SVRNYC NJC037-041-142130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 440 PM EDT WED JUL 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY ...SUSSEX COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR POSSIBLY ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jul 14, 2:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-023-024-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 230 PM EDT WED JUL 14 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK EXCEPT SUFFOLK COUNTY... ...NOT TO BE USED AFTER 400 PM EDT... RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SALEM COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. RPM
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-023-024-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 230 PM EDT WED JUL 14 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK EXCEPT SUFFOLK COUNTY... ...NOT TO BE USED AFTER 400 PM EDT... RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORtMS WERE LOCATED IN SALEM COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. RPM
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:43 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-023-024-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 343 PM EDT WED JUL 14 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK EXCEPT SUFFOLK COUNTY... ...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 5 PM EDT... RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER MONMOUTH...OCEAN AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OVER THE OCEAN EAST OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LIGHTER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM MONROE COUNTY SOUTHWARD ...MOST OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY. THE AREA ALSO EXTENDED OVER THE OCEAN UP TO 30 MILES EAST OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IFC
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:43 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-023-024-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 343 PM EDT WED JUL 14 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK EXCEPT SUFFOLK COUNTY... ...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 5 PM EDT... RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER MONMOUTH...OCEAN AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OVER THE OCEAN EAST OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LIGHTER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM MONROE COUNTY SOUTHWARD ...MOST OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY. THE AREA ALSO EXTENDED OVER THE OCEAN UP TO 30 MILES EAST OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IFC
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Monmouth | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Sussex, Warren | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.