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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS New York, NY

July 28, 1995Putnam County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 7:50 PM EDT for Putnam County, New York. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 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 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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 282352 RRA
SVRNYC
NYC079-290045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
750 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY
 
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOURS. THE STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS COLD
SPRING...AND MCKEEL CORNERS. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO
DUTCHESS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
 
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.
 
PJJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPutnam, Westchester49 min
Jul 28, 1:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXKings, Queens2 hr
Jul 28, 1:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXRichmond2 hr
Jul 28, 2:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXNassau, Queens67 min
Jul 28, 2:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXKings67 min
Jul 28, 2:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXRichmond67 min
Jul 28, 2:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, Nassau, Queens67 min
Jul 28, 2:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRichmond67 min
Jul 28, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange, Rockland65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.