Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS New York, NY

Issued

May 29, 1995, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 292113
SVRNYC
NYC071-079-292215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
514 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...ORANGE COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO ORANGE COUNTY BY 520 PM. THIS STORM
MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS
ORANGE COUNTY AND INTO PUTNAM COUNTY BY 600 PM AS IT MOVES EASTWARD AT
40 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTN*ING...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.

In the hours before

NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-300100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
330 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION AT
THIS TIME. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO APPROACH FROM THE
WEST. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BE THE TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN
AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK SOUTHWESTWARD TO
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

IF YOUR MEMORIAL DAY PLANS INCLUDE OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES...KEEP AN EYE
TO THE SKY FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MARINERS SHOULD TRY TO
GET TO SHORE QUICKLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
...CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

GOUDSWARD

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.