3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 250 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2002 GETTING BLD UPS ACRS FA ATTM. WL HAV REST OF TDY OR INTO THIS EVNG TO CVR ANY CONVECTION AND KEEP TNGT PD DRY. UPR TROF FINALLY MOVES OFF TO E TNGT...THEN UPR RDG BLDS IN. THU SHOULD BE A NICE SUMMER DAY. NO CONVECTION EXPECTED...SHOULD BE CAPPED OFF. SUMMER STARTS FRIDAY AT 9:24 AM. IT WL START ON A NICE NOTE WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS. FNT APPROACHES RGN FROM NW BUT ITS ENERGY IS WELL TO N AND RDG ACRS FA AND TO S SLOWS FNT PROGRESSES SIGNIFICANTLY. FNT NEVER MAKES IT THRU OUR FA. PROBABLY NOT TIL TUE...BUT IT WL BE IN THE VICINITY. WL KEEP CHC RW IN FOR SUN AND TUE AND KEEP MON DRY. DO NOT SEE ANYTHING IN THE MODELS TO MAKE A CHANGE ATTM. AS FOR WED FNT PROBABLY JUST TO OUR S KEEPING LO POPS IN. AVN...FORMS LOW/INVERTED TROF ALG SE COAST AND MIGRATES MSTR AND PCPN NWD BY WEEKS END. LOOKS LIKE MODEL IS GETTING FEEDBACK. SO WL RUN WITH ETA WITH THIS FEATURE. TEMPS...GENERALLY SEASONABLE. NUMBRS IN AGREEMENT AND LOOK REASONABLE. WNDS...WL BE LIGHT AT NIGHT INTO THE MRNG THEN BE SLY. MARINE...WL INCR SEAS BY END OF PD BUT WL KEEP BELOW SCA. SHOULD NOT SEE SCA SEAS TIL FRI NGT OR SAT. .OKX... CT...NONE. NJ...NONE. NY...NONE. MARINE...NONE.
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:33 UTC.
3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotters reported 1 inch diameter hail in Garfield at 4:31pm and 3/4-inch diameter hail in Lodi at 4:44pm.
Several reports of widespread significant flooding of area roadways were received.
Spotters reported ping pong size (1-3/4 inch) hail at 6:25 pm in Elizabeth, 1 inch diameter hail at 6:30 pm 5 miles south of Elizabeth, and 3/4-inch diameter hail at 6:40 pm in Elizabeth.
A spotter reported 1 inch diameter hail.
Spotters reported street flooding of poor drainage and low lying areas in Linden, Cranford, Elizabeth and Roselle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Jersey in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, June 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5309740, 5309743, 5309741, 5309742, 5309744.