Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1992, 2:28 PM EDT for Rockland County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1992, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1992, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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, Aug 9, 12:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-023-024-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1230 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 2 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND...EXCEPT EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. RADARS FROM AROUND THE REGION AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PIKE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AND HUNTERDON COUNTY NEW JERSEY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND...RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IFC
Local storm report, Aug 9, 1:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 115 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 STORM REPORTS FOR THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 9 1992 TIME (EDT) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT ------ ---- ----------- --------------------- --------------------- 115 PM ORANGE UNIONVILLE HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTING TFG
Local storm report, Aug 9, 1:44 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 145 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 STORM REPORTS FOR THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 9 1992 TIME (EDT) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT ------4---- ----------- --------------------- --------------------- 115 PM ORANGE NY UNIONVILLE HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTING 145 PM SUSSEX NJ NEWTON 1.35" IN 40 MIN TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Morris, Passaic, Sussex | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Warren | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Monmouth | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Monmouth | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 2:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 3:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Westchester | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 33 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.