Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1993, 10:04 PM EDT for Putnam County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 1993, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 1993, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Putnam County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNYC 040214 COR SVRNYC NYC079-119-040230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...COR FOR FIRST PGH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1004 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN PROGRESS WITH TREES DOWN IN PHILIPSTOWN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS CURRENTLY ON THE WESTCHESTER/PUTNAM COUNTY BORDER NEAR MAHOPAC AND WILL MOVE NEAR BREWSTER AND NORTH SALEM BY 1030 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 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, Sep 3, 7:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
CTZ004-005-040000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 730 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTER CONNECTICUT BETWEEN DANBURY AND GREENWICH. AT 730 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO ENTER CONNECTICUT NEAR DANBURY. THIS AREA OF MOSTLY SHOWERS WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCES GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THIS AREA IS MOVING TO EAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN WEST FAIFIELD COUNTY AND THREATENING WEATHER NEARS YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY UNTIL ANY THREATENING WEATHER PASSES. WALKER.
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 7:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
CTZ004-005-040000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 730 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTER CONNECTICUT BETWEEN DANBURY AND GREENWICH. AT 730 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO ENTER CONNECTICUT NEAR DANBURY. THIS AREA OF MOSTLY SHOWERS WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCES GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THIS AREA IS MOVING TO EAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN WEST FAIFIELD COUNTY AND THREATENING WEATHER NEARS YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY UNTIL ANY THREATENING WEATHER PASSES. WALKER.
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 7:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
NYZ014-015-016-017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-030245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 737 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM... RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE EXTENDING FROM FLEMINGTON TO SUFFERN NORTH THROUGH NEWBURGH. THIS AREA HAS WEAKENED OVER THE LAST HOUR AND IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NEW YORK CITY AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK SOUTH ACROSS ALLENTOWN TO LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NEW JERSEY AND ORANGE COUNTY BY 815 PM. . IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE NEED WITHIN THE HOUR. BROWN
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 7:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
NYZ014-015-016-017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-030245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 737 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM... RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE EXTENDING FROM FLEMINGTON TO SUFFERN NORTH THROUGH NEWBURGH. THIS AREA HAS WEAKENED OVER THE LAST HOUR AND IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NEW YORK CITY AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK SOUTH ACROSS ALLENTOWN TO LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NEW JERSEY bAND ORANGE COUNTY BY 815 PM. . IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE NEED WITHIN THE HOUR. BROWN
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 9:40 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
NYZ014-015-016-017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-030345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 940 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM... RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE...MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM PITTSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS TO NEWBURGH NEW YORK TO LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS FOUND ACROSS PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD NEW YORK CITY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. . ISOLATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT THREE HOURS. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL FLOOD LOW-LYING AREAS AND STREETS QUICKLY. HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BROWN
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 9:48 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
NYZ014-015-016-017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-030345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 940 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM... RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE...MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM PITTSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS TO NEWBURGH NEW YORK TO LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS FOUND ACROSS PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD NEW YORK CITY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. . ISOLATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT THREE HOURS. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL FLOOD LOW-LYING AREAS AND STREETS QUICKLY. HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BROWN
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.