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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS New York, NY

July 26, 1995Bergen County, New Jersey; Westchester County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 3:39 PM EDT for Bergen County, New Jersey; Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1773 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1773 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
474 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 261943 RRA
SVRNYC
NJC003-NYC119-262045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
339 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...EASTERN BERGEN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN BERGEN COUNTY NJ IN THE VICINTY OF
PARAMUS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND... HAIL... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
 
IT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PARAMUS AND WILL
AFFECT THE TOWNS OF RIVERVALE AND WESTWOOD. IT IS HEADED FOR DOBBS FERRY
AND WHITE PLAINS.
 
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.
 
MCKILLLOP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic42 min
Jul 26, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen66 min
Jul 26, 1:51 PM EDTTornado WarningOKXWestchester69 min
Jul 26, 5:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXWestchester2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.