Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1994, 5:29 PM EDT for Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Middlesex County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1779 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNYC 252129 FFWNYC NJC023-252230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 529 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MIDDLESEX COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS ALSO...AND CAUSE URBAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING OF SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADS. NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTNORTHEASTWARD AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 25, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ001>014-252000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 305 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NEW JERSEY AND PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK TIL 9 PM... AT 300 PM RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STILL ALONG THE MONMOUTH COUNTY NEW JERSEY COAST. SEVERAL STORM CELLS HAVE FORMED IN THIS AREA DURING THE PAST 90 MINUTES. A VERY STRONG CELL HAD FORMED AT 250 PM BETWEEN ASBURY PARK AND LONG BRANCH JUST EAST OF ROUTE 18. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE JUST OFF THE COAST OVER THE MONMOUTH COUNTY COASTAL WATERS. THESE STORMS EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF ATLANTIC BEACH ON FIRE ISLAND. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR AND THE AREA WAS EDGING EASTWARD SLOWLY. ALL AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD WATCH FOR THE FORMATION OR APPROACH OF STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.R WHEN STORMS APPROACH ...GET INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND OUT OF THE DANGEROUS ELEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ001>014-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 400 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM FOR NEW JERSEY AND PART OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... THUNDERSTORMS FROM OCEAN AND COASTAL MONMOUTH COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND OVER THE NEW YORK BIGHT WATERS SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY WERE WEAKENING AT 4 PM...ALTHOUGH THERE WERE STILL SOME STRONG CELLS JUST OFF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY COAST. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK AND SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER. SOME STORMS ALONG THIS LINE MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD. THE STORM OVER WESTERN ORNAGE COUNTY APPEARED TO BE WEAKENING AT 4 PM. ALL AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SKY AND GET INSIDE A STRONG SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ001>014-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 400 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM FOR NEW JERSEY AND PART OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... THUNDERSTORMS FROM OCEAN AND COASTAL MONMOUTH COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND OVER THE NEW YORK BIGHT WATERS SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY WERE WEAKENING AT 4 PM...ALTHOUGH THERE WERE STILL SOME STRONG CELLS JUST OFF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY COAST. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK AND SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER. SOME STORMS ALONG THIS LINE MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD. THE STORM OVER WESTERN ORNAGE COUNTY APPEARED TO BE WEAKENING AT 4 PM. ALL AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SKY AND GET INSIDE A STRONG SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ001>014-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 413 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM FOR NEW JERSEY AND PART OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... THUNDERSTORMS FROM OCEAN AND COASTAL MONMOUTH COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND OVER THE NEW YORK BIGHT WATERS SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY WERE WEAKENING AT 410 PM...ALTHOUGH THERE WERE STILL SOME STRONG CELLS JUST OFF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY COAST. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK AND SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER. SOME STORMS ALONG THIS LINE MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD. ANOTHER CELL HAD RECENTLY DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN NASSAU-SUFFOLK COUNTY BORDER NEAR COLD SPRING HARBOR. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND IN THE VICINITY OF HUNTINGTON BAY. STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND QUICKLY DEVELOPING STORMS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:40 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ001>014-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 440 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM FOR NEW JERSEY AND PART OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ALONG THE ROUTE 1 CORRIDOR IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY FROM MIDDLESEX COUNTY NEAR EDISON SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD MERCER COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS CAUSING URBAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY FLOODING. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK AND SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER...WITH A STORM OVER BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA SHOWING STRONG STORM CHARACTERISTICS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND QUICKLY DEVELOPING STORMS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:20 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ001>014-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 520 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM FOR NEW JERSEY AND PART OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MERGING OVER MERCER SOUTHERN HUNTERDON SOUTHERN SOMERSET AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. COPIOUS RAIN WILL CAUSE AREAS OF URBAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY FLOODING. EVENING COMMUTERS HEADING FOR OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE ROUTE 1 CORRIDOR AND THE ROADS LEADING TO TRENTON SHOULD ANTICIPATE LOTS OF WATER ON THE ROADS. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM IN THESE AREAS. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND EVEN SOME HAIL. ALL AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SKY AND GET INSIDE A GOOD SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Middlesex | 64 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.