Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1992, 7:55 PM EDT for Richmond County, New York. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1992, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1992, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richmond County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNYC 242356 SVRNYC NJC017-NYC061-085-250045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY 755 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY ...HUDSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...NEW YORK COUNTY...RICHMOND COUNTY ...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN PROGRESS IN ESSEX AND UNION COUNTIES IN THE GREATER NEWARK METROPOLITAN AREA. WINDS OF 60 MPH...TOPPLED BILLBOARDS AND DOWNED TREES WERE REPORTED. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO HUDSON COUNTY NEW JERSEY AS WELL AS MANHATTAN AND STATEN ISLAND WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Apr 24, 3:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 325 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA... ...SPRINGTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE HEADING TOWARD THE COAST... A COLD FRONT WHICH DIVIDED QUITE WARM AIR ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD FROM COOL AIR OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND MIDWEST WAS HEADING SLOWLY TOWARD THE COAST. THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 81 DEGREES AT CENTRAL PARK THIS AFTERNOON AS THE CLOUDS PARTED FOR AWHILE. TEMPERATURES OVER MICHIGAN WERE IN THE 40S. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY AND WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY EASTWARD AS WE APPROACH SUNSET. THUNDERSTORMS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA WERE QUITE ACTIVE AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO WATCH THE SKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS...AND GET INSIDE A GOOD SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF APPROACHING STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCAL ROAD FLOODING. RAIN IS LIKELY SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES TO AND SLOWLY PAST THE COAST. OUTDOOR CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE FAVORED THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE COOL ONCE A NORTH OR NORTHEAST FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED SATURDAY. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JRP
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 325 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN AREA UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT... NEW YORK CITY RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. OTHER POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BRADFORD COUNTY ALSO IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...THE HUDSON VALLEY...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT IN THE VICINITY OF NEW HAVEN EXTENDING SOUTH OVER LONG ISLAND SOUND AND OVER THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO SCATTERED OVER THE OCEAN 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY AND 25 MILES EAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY. THE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MIESELL
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 425 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 6 PM EDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN AREA UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT... AT 425 PM RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BORDER OF WAYNE AND LACKAWANNA COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IT WAS MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR BALTIMORE MARYLAND NORTHWARD TO NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. OTHER LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER MASSACHUSETT S...EASTERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND OVER THE OCEAN UP TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. IFC
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NYZ014>017-NJZ001-005-007-015-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 525 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 7 PM EDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN AREA UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT... AT 525 PM RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OVER MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS OVER SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COVERED SOUTHEAST NEW YORK FROM DUTCHESS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO ORANGE COUNTY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE HARRISBURG REGION NORTHEAST TO SUSQUEHANNA AND PIKE COUNTIES...SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY... NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NORTHWEST DELAWARE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IFC
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | New York | 35 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.