Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1997, 8:05 PM EDT for Union County, New Jersey. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 5, 1997, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, NJ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Union, 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 nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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
- 564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
643 WUUS1 KNYC 060007 RRA SVRNYC NJC039-060030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 805 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY ...UNION COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS UNION COUNTY. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS STORM MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. 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.
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
Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:39 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
745 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM BULLVILLE NY 1 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 ORANGE IN DOWNTOWN BULLVILLE
0528 PM YONKERS NY .75 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 WESTCHESTER
0625 PM MINEOLA NY .75 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 NASSAU
0644 PM VALLEY STREAM NY .88 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 NASSAU WIND ESTIMATED GUST TO 45
MPH.
0657 PM MASSAPEQUA NY .88 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 NASSAULocal storm report, Aug 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
745 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM BULLVILLE NY 1 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 ORANGE IN DOWNTOWN BULLVILLE
0528 PM YONKERS NY .75 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 WESTCHESTER
0625 PM MINEOLA NY .75 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 NASSAU
0644 PM VALLEY STREAM NY .88 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 NASSAU WIND ESTIMATED GUST TO 45
MPH.
0657 PM MASSAPEQUA NY .88 INCH HAIL
08/05/97 NASSAUNearby
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.