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Tornado Warning 1, NWS New York, NY

June 9, 1993Middlesex County, Union County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1993, 4:06 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Union County, New Jersey. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1993, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1993, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Union County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1993-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 366 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 1993-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 092007 RRA
TORNYC
NJC023-039-092045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
406 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS UPGRADED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS FOR UNION AND NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES TO TORNADO WARNINGS.
 
AT 404 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO
SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDI8NG OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 9, 12:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWARK NJ
1210PM EDT WED JUN 09 1993

.....90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES RETURN TO NEWARK...HOT TIME IN THE OLD
TOWN TONIGHT.....

THE MERCURY AT NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED THE 90 DEGREE
MARK AT FIVE MINUTES AFTER NOON. THIS MARKS THE RETURN OF HOT WEATHER

AFTER AN ABSENCE OF SOME TWO WEEKS. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY THE
TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED THE 90 DEGREE MARK ON THREE OCCASIONS -THE
NINTH, ELEVENTH, AND TWENTY-FIFTH. THE 93 RECORDED ON THE 11TH BROKE
THE PREVIOUS HIGH FOR THE DAY OF 85 -SET IN 1991. THE RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY IS 99 DEGREES SET IN 1933. DO NOT BELIEVE WE
WILL APPROACH READINGS THAT HIGH.

TODAY SHOULD FEATURE A MIXTURE OF HAZY SUN AND CLOUDS WITH EVER
INCREASING HUMIDITIES.  WE EXPECT LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND REMAIN WITH US THIS EVENING.  SOME
OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS.  EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND OR THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO INSURE SAFETY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

AS WE RETURN, ONCE AGAIN, TO THE THRILLING DAYS OF 90 DEGREE PLUS
READINGS, PERHAPS THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO REVIEW SOME
OF THE TIPS FOR REMAINING HEALTHY.

S-L-O-W  D-O-W-N.
SPEND MORE TIME IN AIR CONDITIONED PLACES.
AIR CONDITIONING MARKEDLY REDUCES DANGER FROM HEAT.
IF YOU CANNOT STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED AREA -PLEASE REMEMBER-
VENTILATE THE AREA WHERE YOU ARE TO ALLOW FOR A FREE EXCHANGE
OF AIR. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE AIR MOVING.
INDIVIDUALS AT RISK SHOULD FIND THE COOLEST AVAILABLE PLACE.
SCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES FOR THE COOLER HOURS.

DO NOT EXPOSE YOURSELF TO TOO MUCH SUN.
SUNBURN MAKES THE JOB OF HEAT DISSIPATION THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
DRESS FOR THE WARMER/HOT WEATHER
LIGHT-WEIGHT LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING REFLECTS HEAT AND SUNLIGHT BEST.
IT ALSO HELPS YOUR BODY MAINTAIN NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

AVOID FOODS THAT INCREASE BODILY HEAT AND WATER LOSS.
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS.
WATER HELPS THE BODY KEEP COOL.
DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS -EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL THIRSTY.
PERSONS WHO ARE AT RISK SHOULD CONSULT THEIR PHYSICIAN BEFORE
INCREASING THEIR CONSUMPTION OF FLUIDS.

LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST - LET US REMEMBER OUR PETS.
AN ICE CUBE OR TWO IN THE WATER DISH ALLOWS THEM SOME RELIEF.

AT ANYTIME DURING THE SUMMER SEASON WHEN SEVERE/HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
AT HAND -KEEP TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR THE
MOST COMPLETE UP TO DATE INFORMATION.

RTB/BGM/GH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWARK NJ
1210PM EDT WED JUN 09 1993

.....90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES RETURN TO NEWARK...HOT TIME IN THE OLD
TOWN TONIGHT.....

THE MERCURY AT NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED THE 90 DEGREE
MARK AT FIVE MINUTES AFTER NOON. THIS MARKS THE RETURN OF HOT WEATHER

AFTER AN ABSENCE OF SOME TWO WEEKS. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY THE
TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED THE 90 DEGREE MARK ON THREE OCCASIONS -THE
NINTH, ELEVENTH, AND TWENTY-FIFTH. THE 93 RECORDED ON THE 11TH BROKE
THE PREVIOUS HIGH FOR THE DAY OF 85 -SET IN 1991. THE RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY IS 99 DEGREES SET IN 1933. DO NOT BELIEVE WE
WILL APPROACH READINGS THAT HIGH.

TODAY SHOULD FEATURE A MIXTURE OF HAZY SUN AND CLOUDS WITH EVER
INCREASING HUMIDITIES.  WE EXPECT LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND REMAIN WITH US THIS EVENING.  SOME
OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS.  EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND OR THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO INSURE SAFETY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

AS WE RETURN, ONCE AGAIN, TO THE THRILLING DAYS OF 90 DEGREE PLUS
READINGS, PERHAPS THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO REVIEW SOME
OF THE TIPS FOR REMAINING HEALTHY.

S-L-O-W  D-O-W-N.
SPEND MORE TIME IN AIR CONDITIONED PLACES.
AIR CONDITIONING MARKEDLY REDUCES DANGER FROM HEAT.
IF YOU CANNOT STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED AREA -PLEASE REMEMBER-
VENTILATE THE AREA WHERE YOU ARE TO ALLOW FOR A FREE EXCHANGE
OF AIR. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE AIR MOVING.
INDIVIDUALS AT RISK SHOULD FIND THE COOLEST AVAILABLE PLACE.
SCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES FOR THE COOLER HOURS.

DO NOT EXPOSE YOURSELF TO TOO MUCH SUN.
SUNBURN MAKES THE JOB OF HEAT DISSIPATION THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
DRESS FOR THE WARMER/HOT WEATHER
LIGHT-WEIGHT LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING REFLECTS HEAT AND SUNLIGHT BEST.
IT ALSO HELPS YOUR BODY MAINTAIN NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

AVOID FOODS THAT INCREASE BODILY HEAT AND WATER LOSS.
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS.
WATER HELPS THE BODY KEEP COOL.
DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS -EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL THIRSTY.
PERSONS WHO ARE AT RISK SHOULD CONSULT THEIR PHYSICIAN BEFORE
INCREASING THEIR CONSUMPTION OF FLUIDS.

LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST - LET US REMEMBER OUR PETS.
AN ICE CUBE OR TWO IN THE WATER DISH ALLOWS THEM SOME RELIEF.

AT ANYTIME DURING THE SUMMER SEASON WHEN SEVERE/HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
AT HAND -KEEP TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR THE
MOST COMPLETE UP TO DATE INFORMATION.

RTB/BGM/GH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-091930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
130 PM EDT WED JUNE 9 1993

   ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY: BERGEN...SUSSEX...HUNTERDON...WARREN...
MORRIS...AND PASSAIC...IN NEW YORK PUTNAM...ORANGE...ROCKLAND...AND
WESTCHESTER.
A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM
EAST OF BINGHAMTON TO WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS
MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THESE
AREAS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AS THESE
STORMS PASS BY.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE WEST OF ALBANY AND BETWEEN PITTSFIELD
AND ALTONNA PENNSYLVANIA.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
IZZO
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-091930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
130 PM EDT WED JUNE 9 1993

   ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY: BERGEN...SUSSEX...HUNTERDON...WARREN...
MORRIS...AND PASSAIC...IN NEW YORK PUTNAM...ORANGE...ROCKLAND...AND
WESTCHESTER.
A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM
EAST OF BINGHAMTON TO WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS
MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THESE
AREAS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AS THESE
STORMS PASS BY.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE WEST OF ALBANY AND BETWEEN PITTSFIELD
AND ALTONNA PENNSYLVANIA.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
IZZO
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-100200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION
FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
300 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK..NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND UNTIL 8 PM EDT...

A HAZY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS COVERS THE TRI-STATE REGION AT THIS HOUR.
THIS AIRMASS IS ALSO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WHICH HAS GIVEN RISE TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. WE EXPECT THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE
STORMS. THEREFORE RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP POSTED ON THE LATEST FORECAST
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. ONE MUST ALSO REMEMBER THAT
ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING SO ACT ACCORDINGLY WHEN ANY STORM APPROACHES
YOU.

OVERNIGHT WE EXPECT A CONTINUING THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING US FROM THE WEST. THIS
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE LESS ORGANIZED AND THEREFORE PRESENT LESS OF A
THREAT OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.

THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH OUR REGION AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH
THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN VERY WARM BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...IT SHOULD BE
CONSIDERABLY MORE STABLE SO THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD NOT REDEVELOP DURING
THE DAY. THURSDAY WILL ALSO FEATURE SOME GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY USHER
IN A SOMEWHAT DRIER AIRMASS BY FRIDAY.

RS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-100200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION
FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
300 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK..NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND UNTIL 8 PM EDT...

A HAZY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS COVERS THE TRI-STATE REGION AT THIS HOUR.
THIS AIRMASS IS ALSO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WHICH HAS GIVEN RISE TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. WE EXPECT THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE
STORMS. THEREFORE RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP POSTED ON THE LATEST FORECAST
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. ONE MUST ALSO REMEMBER THAT
ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING SO ACT ACCORDINGLY WHEN ANY STORM APPROACHES
YOU.

OVERNIGHT WE EXPECT A CONTINUING THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING US FROM THE WEST. THIS
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE LESS ORGANIZED AND THEREFORE PRESENT LESS OF A
THREAT OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.

THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH OUR REGION AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH
THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN VERY WARM BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...IT SHOULD BE
CONSIDERABLY MORE STABLE SO THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD NOT REDEVELOP DURING
THE DAY. THURSDAY WILL ALSO FEATURE SOME GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY USHER
IN A SOMEWHAT DRIER AIRMASS BY FRIDAY.

RS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHunterdon, Sussex, Warren66 min
Jun 9, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMorris, Somerset58 min
Jun 9, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMiddlesex, Union65 min
Jun 9, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson65 min
Jun 9, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMonmouth59 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.