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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS New York, NY

June 29, 1994Kings County, Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 1:09 PM EDT for Kings County, Queens County, New York. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1994, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1994-06-29Temperature 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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, Jun 29, 10:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
NYZ067>077-NJZ001>014-291600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1038 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND
OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH
AND THE ENTIRE AREA IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLE HAIL. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER
IN THE FORM OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH.

STAY TURN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATION FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ON THIS
DEVELOPING DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

JST
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
NYZ067>077-NJZ001>014-291600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1038 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND
OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH
AND THE ENTIRE AREA IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLE HAIL. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER
IN THE FORM OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH.

STAY TURN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATION FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ON THIS
DEVELOPING DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

JST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHunterdon50 min
Jun 29, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMorris, Somerset61 min
Jun 29, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSussex31 min
Jun 29, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMiddlesex, Union63 min
Jun 29, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPassaic66 min
Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen56 min
Jun 29, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMonmouth60 min
Jun 29, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson66 min
Jun 29, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMonmouth66 min
Jun 29, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWarren55 min
Jun 29, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHunterdon, Morris52 min
Jun 29, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXMorris, Somerset45 min
Jun 29, 11:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange63 min
Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange56 min
Jun 29, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRichmond60 min
Jun 29, 12:48 PM EDTTornado WarningOKXOrange27 min
Jun 29, 1:01 PM EDTTornado WarningOKXRockland, Westchester44 min
Jun 29, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, New York66 min
Jun 29, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester66 min
Jun 29, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPutnam61 min
Jun 29, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region56 min
Jun 29, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region59 min
Jun 29, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region44 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.