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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

April 27, 1994Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 3:38 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 min.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Sussex County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 271939
SVRNYC
NJC037-272045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
338 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SUSSEX COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POTENTIAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM EASTERN PIKE COUNTY INTO WESTERN SUSSEX
COUNTY. BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH OR HAIL.
 
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.
 
 
GTC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWarren57 min
Apr 27, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHunterdon59 min
Apr 27, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMorris, Passaic64 min
Apr 27, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSomerset42 min

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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.