Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 1995

Tornado Warning 1, NWS New York, NY

May 29, 1995Orange County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1995, 6:01 PM EDT for Orange County, New York. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 6:44 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Orange County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 6:10 PM EDTTornado F0Stewart Ap, NY

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 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 292201
TORNYC
NYC071-292300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
601 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTH OF MIDDLETOWN. THE STORM WILL
TRACK ACROSS NORTH ORANGE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL PASS
THROUGH OR NEAR SCOTCHTOWN...NEELYTOWN...MAYBROOK...AND WILL BE NEAR
NEWBURGH AT 640 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.
 
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange, Putnam61 min
May 29, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningOKXPutnam61 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.