Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1993, 5:54 PM EDT for Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1993, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1993, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNYC 212157 TORNYC NJC027-035-212245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 554 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY ...SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO FROM CALIFON..IN NORTH HUNTERDON COUNTY. ITS' PATH WILL CROSS NORTH HUNTERDON..SOUTH MORRIS AND NORTHWEST SOMERSET COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNIHTURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. GTC&
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 21, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 341 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993 ...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 5 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... RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF HARRISBURG NORTH TO 20 MILES WEST OF SCRANTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SCRANTON AND READING REGIONS OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER LIGHTER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...CENTRAL MARYLAND AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE IN THE VICINITY OF BINGHAMTON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED ACROSS THE CATSKILLS AND HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK BETWEEN ALBANY AND POUGHKEEPSIE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IFC
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 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, 4:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 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, 40 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, 12 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, 9 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Morris, Warren | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 55 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.