Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 12:24 PM EDT for Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 12:24 PM EDT (16:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Passaic County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KNYC 291624 SVROKX NJC031-291730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1224 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY ...PASSAIC COUNTY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS DETECTING SEVERE STORMS IN MORRIS COUNTY AT 1221 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO PASSAIC COUNTY BY 1230 PM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAVE BLOWN DOWN LARGE TREES IN THEIR PATH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TONGUE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 29, 7:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
CTZ009>012-291230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 700 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAVE MOVED ONTO THE CONNECTICUT SHORELINE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS WERE LESS THAN ONE-EIGHT OF A MILE... WITHIN ABOUT 1 MILE OF THE SHORE. RUSH HOUR COMMUTERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT VISIBILITY ALONG THE CONNECTICUT TURNPIKE CAN DROP SHARPLY IN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MAJOR BRIDGES. ALLOW A LITTLE EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. THE DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF BETWEEN 800 AND 1000 AM. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:02 AM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
CTZ009>012-291230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 700 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAVE MOVED ONTO THE CONNECTICUT SHORELINE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS WERE LESS THAN ONE-EIGHT OF A MILE... WITHIN ABOUT 1 MILE OF THE SHORE. RUSH HOUR COMMUTERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT VISIBILITY ALONG THE CONNECTICUT TURNPIKE CAN DROP SHARPLY IN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MAJOR BRIDGEdS. ALLOW A LITTLE EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. THE DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF BETWEEN 800 AND 1000 AM. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NYZ067>077-NJZ001>014-291600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1038 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH AND THE ENTIRE AREA IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. STAY TURN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. JST
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NYZ067>077-NJZ001>014-291600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1038 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH AND THE ENTIRE AREA IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. STAY TURN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. JST
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hunterdon | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Morris, Somerset | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Sussex | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Middlesex, Union | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Monmouth | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Monmouth | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Warren | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hunterdon, Morris | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Morris, Somerset | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.