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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS New York, NY

August 11, 1992Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1992, 5:48 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1992, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Suffolk County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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 12:00Z on 1992-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 12:00Z on 1992-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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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 11, 1:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-023-024-112000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
105 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY EXCEPT FOR SUSSEX...WARREN AND NORTHWEST PASSAIC COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING A BLOSSOMING
CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PENNSYLVANIA.  THE
CLOSEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO
NEW JERSEY AS OF 100 PM WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF
ALLENTOWN.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHICH MEANS
THE ALLENTWON THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ENTER NEW JERSEY NEAR PHILLIPSBURG
AND HOLLAND ALONG THE HUNTERDON/WARREN COUNTY LINES CLOSE TO 130 PM.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS
ALSO DEVELOPING NEAR PORT JERVIS IN ORNAGE COUNTY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM
WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR
TRAVELING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 84 AND PASS THROUGH FLORIDA AND
MONROE ON ITS WAY EASTWARD.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF
NEW JERSEY.  BUT...THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE
OF THE WATCH AREA WILL BE WEAK.  ALL PERSONS SHOULD HEAD INDOORS
AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER.

GIGI
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
CTZALL-111725-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
132 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992

...AT 130 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE HUDSON VALLEY OF
NEW YORK...BETWEEN GOSHEN AND NEWBURGH.  THESES STORMS WERE INCREASING
IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND EXSPECTED TO REACH
SOUTH WESTERN PORTIONS OF CONNECTICUT...BETWEEN RIDGEFIELD AND
NEW FAIRFIELD BY 230 PM EDT.

NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO TIE DOWN OBJECTS THAT MAY BE PICKED UP BY GUSTY
WINDS.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTENING.
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AS THEY APPROACH SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SHERWOOD

PEOPLE IN CONNECTICUT SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY.

BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWarren40 min
Aug 11, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHunterdon45 min
Aug 11, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSomerset42 min
Aug 11, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMiddlesex, Union54 min
Aug 11, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMonmouth58 min
Aug 11, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester48 min
Aug 11, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRichmond54 min
Aug 11, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk49 min
Aug 11, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk40 min
Aug 11, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region68 min
Aug 11, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region58 min
Aug 11, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region58 min
Aug 11, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region42 min

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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.