Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 2:11 PM EDT for Nassau County, New York. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 1995, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nassau County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 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 041815 RRA SVRNYC NYC059-NYZ508-501-502-041900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 211 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...NASSAU COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ...NEW YORK HARBOR TO LONG ISLAND SOUND A LINE OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LONG ISLAND SOUND AND INTO NASSAU COUNTY IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. THE LINE WILL REACH THE SOUTHSHORE IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. 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 BURSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 4, 11:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1105 AM EST TUE APR 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AS WELL AS NASSAU COUNTY ON LONG ISLAND AND FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... ..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...LARGE HAIL...ALONG WITH THE DEADLY LIGHTNING THAT OCCURS WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL BE ADVANCING IN FROM THE WEST AND SHOULD BE IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BY MID AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING...WINTER LIKE WEATHER WILL MAKE A RETURN TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AND WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS...OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...THAT MAY TO BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS BUSES AND TRACTOR TRAILERS...SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE WHEN CROSSING BRIDGES AND OPEN AREAS WHERE WINDS TEND TO BE STRONGEST. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING TO THOSE MORE COMMON TO FEBRUARY. THE MERCURY WILL DROP INTO THE 20S BY MORNING. THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO PROTECT ANY VEGETATION THAT YOU HAVE OUTDOORS. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND TEMPERATURE WILL PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM ZERO TO TEN BELOW ARE EXPECTED BY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE VEGETATION...DON/T FORGET TO BRING PETS IN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA W6EATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON TODAY/S CHANGEABLE WEATHER SITUATION. TONGUE
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 12:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1105 AM EST TUE APR 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AS WELL AS NASSAU COUNTY ON LONG ISLAND AND FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... ..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...LARGE HAIL...ALONG WITH THE DEADLY LIGHTNING THAT OCCURS WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL BE ADVANCING IN FROM THE WEST AND SHOULD BE IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BY MID AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING...WINTER LIKE WEATHER WILL MAKE A RETURN TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AND WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS...OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...THAT MAY TO BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS BUSES AND TRACTOR TRAILERS...SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE WHEN CROSSING BRIDGES AND OPEN AREAS WHERE WINDS TEND TO BE STRONGEST. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING TO THOSE MORE COMMON TO FEBRUARY. THE MERCURY WILL DROP INTO THE 20S BY MORNING. THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO PROTECT ANY VEGETATION THAT YOU HAVE OUTDOORS. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND TEMPERATURE WILL PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM ZERO TO TEN BELOW ARE EXPECTED BY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE VEGETATION...DON/T FORGET TO BRING PETS IN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON TODAY/S CHANGEABLE WEATHER SITUATION. TONGUE
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland, Westchester | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Rockland | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Queens | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.