Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1997, 4:37 PM EDT for Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1997, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1997, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 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 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Paterson, NJ |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 816 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
190 WUUS1 KNYC 222039 RRA SVRNYC NJC031-222130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 437 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY ...SOUTHERN PASSAIC COUNTY AT 4:35 PM...NATIONAL WEAHTER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA SOUTH OF POMPTON LAKES AND TO NEAR PATTERSON BY 5:00 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS OVER SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DONT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. HAYES
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 22, 10:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-221500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1030 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 1997 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY... A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL PROVIDE ONE MORE DAY OF HOT...HUMID WEATHER BEFORE SOME COOLER AND DRIER AIR ARRIVES THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL SOAR PAST 90 AWAY FROM THE SHORE...TOPPING OUT IN THE LOWER 90S IN MUCH OF THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA...EVEN MID 90S IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. THIS...COMBINED WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY...WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF AT LEAST 105. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FOR THIS REASON. HOWEVER...HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 100 MOST ELSEWHERE AS WELL AS READINGS TOP OUT NEAR 90. THEREFORE...PEOPLE EVERYWHERE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA SHOULD USE APPROPRIATE CAUTION TO INCLUDE SPENDING TIME OUT OF THE HEAT WHERE POSSIBLE...DRINKING PLENTY OF FLUIDS... TAKING BREAKS AND CHECKING ON THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. THE SOUTH SHORES WILL PROVIDE RESPITE FROM THE HEAT AS THE SOUTHWEST FLOW HOLDS TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S THERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COOLER AIR...A COLD FRONT...APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. THIS FRONT WILL ACT ON THE HOT...HUMID AIR IN PLACE TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE SCATTERED STORMS WILL FORM/ENTER THE TRI-STATE REGION FROM THE WEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN PROGRESS EAST. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL END TOWARD SUNDOWN WEST...NEAR SUNDOWN NEAR THE COAST AS THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. THIS FRONT WILL BRING CLEAR...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND...MORE IMPORTANTLY...LESS HUMID WEATHER TO THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WELL DOWN INTO THE 60S OUTSIDE THE METROPOLITAN AREA...AND TO AROUND 70 IN THE CITY. THIS WILL SET US UP FOR SUNSHINE AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MONDAY...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB WELL INTO THE 80S TO AROUND 90. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BOTH DAYS SHOULD ALSO BRING SUNSHINE... ALTHOUGH A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CAN OCCUR SOMETIME TUESDAY IN RESPONSE TO THE ONSET OF THE HIGHER HUMIDITY. WOOLDRIDGE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 320 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION TIL 7 PM... THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE LEADING EDGE OF COOLER AND DRIER AIR...A COLD FRONT WAS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WAS TRACKING TO THE EAST. WITH THE HOT AND HUMID AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS HAD FORMED ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH WITH THE SETTING SUN. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OUR REGION BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THE WIND WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN. THE LESS HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MONDAY...BUT BY TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL BEGIN PUMPING MORE HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION. OUR REGION COULD EXPERIENCE A FEW SHOWERS AS THE WArRM FRONT GOES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN DURING A THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER THE MOST DANGEROUS THING ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM IS ITS LIGHTNING. WOOLDRIDGE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 320 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION TIL 7 PM... THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE LEADING EDGE OF COOLER AND DRIER AIR...A COLD FRONT WAS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WAS TRACKING TO THE EAST. WITH THE HOT AND HUMID AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS HAD FORMED ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH WITH THE SETTING SUN. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OUR REGION BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THE WIND WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN. THE LESS HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MONDAY...BUT BY TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL BEGIN PUMPING MORE HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION. OUR REGION COULD EXPERIENCE A FEW SHOWERS AS THE WARM FRONT GOES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN DURING A THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER THE MOST DANGEROUS THING ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM IS ITS LIGHTNING. WOOLDRIDGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.