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Tornado Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

July 15, 1992Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 1992, 7:49 PM EDT for Queens County, New York. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1992, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Queens County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1992-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1693 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1992-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
1693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 152352 RRA
TORNYC
NYC081-160000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
749 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...QUEENS COUNTY
 
...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN FLUSHING MEADOW PARK RIGHT OFF
THE GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY.  IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester30 min
Jul 15, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester26 min
Jul 15, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester42 min
Jul 15, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester42 min
Jul 15, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk42 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXRichmond63 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRichmond63 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXKings, Nassau, Queens60 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXNew York60 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, Queens60 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNew York60 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau60 min
Jul 15, 7:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXSuffolk69 min
Jul 15, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk69 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.