Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1996, 2:13 PM EST for Union County, New Jersey. It was in force for 77 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1996, 2:13 PM EST (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1996, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 77 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jan 19, 9:28 AM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 930 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG COLD FRONT ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT NEARS...THE TRI-STATE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE A VARIETY OF WEATHER PROBLEMS. RAIN WILL BECOME STEADIER AND THEN HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH EVEN THE CHANCE OF A RARE JANUARY THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE AROUND 2 INCHES ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND STREAM FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND AS SUCH A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT. MELTING SNOW AND CLOGGED DRAINS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE FLOODING. RESIDENTS ALONG THOSE FLOOD PRONE WATERWAYS MUST PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. ANOTHER PROBLEM WILL BE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THAT WILL BE SUSTAINED AT BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO OVER 4O MPH. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ALL LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR TAKEN INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS WILL ALSO FIND THAT THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME HANDLING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...CUTTING OFF THE MOISTURE AND ALSO ABRUPTLY ENDING THE VERY MILD WEATHER. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BRING DOWN MUCH COLDER AIR. TEMPERATURES WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN FALLING THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE SHARP DROP WILL COME AFTER DARK. THE MERCURY WILL PLUMMET INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S BY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL PLUNGE AS LOW AS THE SINGLE DIGITS... AND THE LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY STANDING WATER TO FREEZE...PRESENTING YET ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR MOTORISTS. THE WEATHER WILL THEN SETTLE DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND..WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES AVERAGING SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STALKER
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 9:30 AM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 930 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG COLD FRONT ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT NEARS...THE TRI-STATE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE A VARIETY OF WEATHER PROBLEMS. RAIN WILL BECOME STEADIER AND THEN HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH EVEN THE CHANCE OF A RARE JANUARY THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE AROUND 2 INCHES ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND STREAM FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND AS SUCH A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT. MELTING SNOW AND CLOGGED DRAINS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE FLOODING. RESIDENTS ALONG THOSE FLOOD PRONE WATERWAYS MUST PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. ANOTHER PROBLEM WILL BE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THAT WILL BE SUSTAINED AT BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO OVER 4O MPH. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ALL LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR TAKEN INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS WILL ALSO FIND THAT THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME HANDLING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...CUTTING OFF THE MOISTURE AND ALSO ABRUPTLY ENDING THE VERY MILD WEATHER. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BRING DOWN MUCH COLDER AIR. TEMPERATURES WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN FALLING THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE SHARP DROP WILL COME AFTER DARK. THE MERCURY WILL PLUMMET INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S BY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL PLUNGE AS LOW AS THE SINGLE DIGITS... AND THE LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY STANDING WATER TO FREEZE...PRESENTING YET ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR MOTORISTS. THE WEATHER WILL THEN SETTLE DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND..WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES AVERAGING SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STALKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 69 min |
| Jan 19, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York, Rockland, Westchester | 77 min |
| Jan 19, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 77 min |
| Jan 19, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 77 min |
| Jan 19, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 77 min |
| Jan 19, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 67 min |
| Jan 19, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 67 min |
| Jan 19, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 67 min |
| Jan 19, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 67 min |
| Jan 19, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 82 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.