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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS New York, NY

July 23, 1995Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT for Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 346 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 232046 RRA
SVRNYC
NJC003-031-232145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
445 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...BERGEN COUNTY...SOUTHERN PASSAIC COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
AT 445 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN PASSAIC COUNTY...NEAR PATERSON. THIS
THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 5:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBergen56 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.