Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS New York, NY

April 27, 1994Warren County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 3:48 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 4:45 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, 7.8 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 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -206 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
1588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-191 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 271949
SVRNYC
NJC041-272045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
348 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
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING
THE WESTERN WARREN COUNTY BORDER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25
MPH AND WILL PASS OVER WARREN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS ABOVE 57 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HAIL.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
GTC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSussex67 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

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.