Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 1995

Tornado Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

May 29, 1995Putnam County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1995, 6:14 PM EDT for Putnam County, New York. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
61 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 22:15 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 292213
TORNYC
NYC079-292315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
614 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO JUST WEST OF STEWARD AIRFORCE BASE NORTH EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF PUTMAN COUNTY PASSING NEAR OR THROUGH COLTS SPRING
MCKEELCORNERS WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES CANOUPS LAKE IN THE NEXT HALF
HOUR...FARMERS MILLS...LAKE CARMEL AND PATERSON IN THE NEXT FORTY
MINUTES. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
 
 
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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, 6:01 PM EDTTornado WarningOKXOrange43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.