Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1994, 12:48 PM EDT for Orange County, New York. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 291648 TORNYC NYC071-291715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1248 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF WARWICK AT 1245 PM. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS THE TOWN OF MONROE SHORTLY. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 7:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
CTZ009>012-291230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 700 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAVE MOVED ONTO THE CONNECTICUT SHORELINE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS WERE LESS THAN ONE-EIGHT OF A MILE... WITHIN ABOUT 1 MILE OF THE SHORE. RUSH HOUR COMMUTERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT VISIBILITY ALONG THE CONNECTICUT TURNPIKE CAN DROP SHARPLY IN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MAJOR BRIDGES. ALLOW A LITTLE EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. THE DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF BETWEEN 800 AND 1000 AM. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:02 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
CTZ009>012-291230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 700 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAVE MOVED ONTO THE CONNECTICUT SHORELINE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS WERE LESS THAN ONE-EIGHT OF A MILE... WITHIN ABOUT 1 MILE OF THE SHORE. RUSH HOUR COMMUTERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT VISIBILITY ALONG THE CONNECTICUT TURNPIKE CAN DROP SHARPLY IN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MAJOR BRIDGEdS. ALLOW A LITTLE EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. THE DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF BETWEEN 800 AND 1000 AM. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 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 10 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 1:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 61 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.