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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS New York, NY

September 2, 1990Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1990, 9:40 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 50 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
Sep 2, 1990, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1990, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 2, 10:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Suffolk, NY

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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1990-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 391 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1990-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
391 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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, Sep 2, 4:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-020200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
430 PM EDT SUN SEP 2  1990

...DO NOT USE AFTER 6 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY
EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...AND
CONNECTICUT THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

RADAR SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN
NEW YORK OVER THE COUNTIES OF DELAWARE AND SULLIVAN...NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE COUNTIES OF WAYNE LACKAWANNA AND WYOMING.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

NC
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 7:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-020200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
730 PM EDT SUN SEP 2  1990

...DO NOT USE AFTER 9 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY
EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...CONNECTICUT...
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...AND
CONNECTICUT THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

RADAR SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN
NEW YORK OVER THE COUNTIES OF DUTCHESS AND COLUMBIA...EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE COUNTIES OF NORTHAMTON LEHIGH CARBON
SCHUYLKILL AND BERKS...WESTERN CONNECTICUT OVER LITCHFIELD...AND
WESTERN NEW JERSEY OVER WARREN AND HUNTERDON.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

NC
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 8:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-020200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
830 PM EDT SUN SEP 2  1990

...DO NOT USE AFTER 10 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY
EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...AND
CONNECTICUT THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

RADAR SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN
NEW YORK OVER THE HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE COUNTIES OF MONTGOMERY CHESTER LEBANON
SCHUYLKILL AND BERKS...WESTERN CONNECTICUT OVER LITCHFIELD AND
HARTFORD...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY OVER UNION ESSEX MORRIS SOMERSET
BERGEN AND MIDDLESEX.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

NC
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 9:28 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
NJ001-NJ005-NJ007-NJ015-NYZ014>017-020200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
930 PM EDT SUN SEP 2  1990

...DO NOT USE AFTER 11 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY
EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...AND
CONNECTICUT THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

RADAR SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER THE METROPOLITAN
AREA...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK OVER THE HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE COUNTIES OF LANCASTER CHESTER DELAWARE
AND MONTGOMERY...CONNECTICUT OVER HARTFORD.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

NC

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.