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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS New York, NY

June 12, 1994Warren County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 7:33 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 57 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1994, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1994, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 1994-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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 1994-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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 
WUUS1 KNYC 122339
SVROKX
NJC041-130030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
733 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE PENNSYLVANIA-NEW JERSEY BORDER AND ABOUT
TO ENTER WARREN COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS HAD A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE
LIKELY AS THE STORM MOVES INTO NEW JERSEY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.
 
SCURA

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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.