Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New York, NY

May 24, 1995Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 9:43 PM EDT for Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1995, 9:43 PM EDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Passaic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-05-25Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 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
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 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 250144
SVRNYC
NJC031-250230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
943 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTY.
 
ACCORDING TO NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE...AS THIS LINE MOVED EAST OVER
NORTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY...IT PRODUCED HIGH WINDS KNOCKING DOWN POWER
LINES AND CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.
 
BE PREPARED FOR HIGH WINDS...IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH AS THE STORMS MOVE OVER
WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTY.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
&
GC

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.