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Tornado Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

June 29, 1994Rockland County, Westchester County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1994, 1:01 PM EDT for Rockland County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1994, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 291703
TORNYC
NYC087-119-291745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
101 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...EASTERN ROCKLAND COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY
 
 
AT 101 PM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR NEAR WILLOW GROVE IN ROCKLAND COUND. IT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE PALISADES PARKWAY TOWARDS STONY POINT BY 115 PM.
 
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.
 
 
JST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 11:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange63 min
Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland56 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, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, Queens66 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

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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.