Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1996, 3:23 PM EST for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1996, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1996, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Suffolk County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 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 192025 RRA SVRNYC CTC009-NYC103-NYZ508-501-502-192130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 323 PM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...SUFFOLK COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ...FIRE ISLAND INLET TO MONTAUK POINT AND ON LONG ISLAND SOUND AT 325 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM EASTERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH NASSAU COUNTY INTO THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. THESE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS CAUSING SERIOUS URBAN AND HIGHWAY FLOODING. BOATERS SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE ALERT FOR SHIFTING AND GUSTING WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING AND LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY RAINS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. 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. WYLLIE/HAYES
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, Jan 19, 9:28 AM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 930 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG COLD FRONT ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT NEARS...THE TRI-STATE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE A VARIETY OF WEATHER PROBLEMS. RAIN WILL BECOME STEADIER AND THEN HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH EVEN THE CHANCE OF A RARE JANUARY THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE AROUND 2 INCHES ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND STREAM FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND AS SUCH A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT. MELTING SNOW AND CLOGGED DRAINS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE FLOODING. RESIDENTS ALONG THOSE FLOOD PRONE WATERWAYS MUST PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. ANOTHER PROBLEM WILL BE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THAT WILL BE SUSTAINED AT BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO OVER 4O MPH. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ALL LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR TAKEN INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS WILL ALSO FIND THAT THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME HANDLING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...CUTTING OFF THE MOISTURE AND ALSO ABRUPTLY ENDING THE VERY MILD WEATHER. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BRING DOWN MUCH COLDER AIR. TEMPERATURES WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN FALLING THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE SHARP DROP WILL COME AFTER DARK. THE MERCURY WILL PLUMMET INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S BY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL PLUNGE AS LOW AS THE SINGLE DIGITS... AND THE LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY STANDING WATER TO FREEZE...PRESENTING YET ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR MOTORISTS. THE WEATHER WILL THEN SETTLE DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND..WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES AVERAGING SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STALKER
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 9:30 AM EST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 930 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG COLD FRONT ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT NEARS...THE TRI-STATE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE A VARIETY OF WEATHER PROBLEMS. RAIN WILL BECOME STEADIER AND THEN HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH EVEN THE CHANCE OF A RARE JANUARY THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE AROUND 2 INCHES ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND STREAM FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND AS SUCH A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT. MELTING SNOW AND CLOGGED DRAINS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE FLOODING. RESIDENTS ALONG THOSE FLOOD PRONE WATERWAYS MUST PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. ANOTHER PROBLEM WILL BE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THAT WILL BE SUSTAINED AT BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO OVER 4O MPH. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ALL LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR TAKEN INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS WILL ALSO FIND THAT THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME HANDLING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...CUTTING OFF THE MOISTURE AND ALSO ABRUPTLY ENDING THE VERY MILD WEATHER. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BRING DOWN MUCH COLDER AIR. TEMPERATURES WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN FALLING THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE SHARP DROP WILL COME AFTER DARK. THE MERCURY WILL PLUMMET INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S BY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL PLUNGE AS LOW AS THE SINGLE DIGITS... AND THE LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY STANDING WATER TO FREEZE...PRESENTING YET ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR MOTORISTS. THE WEATHER WILL THEN SETTLE DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND..WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES AVERAGING SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STALKER
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 2:30 PM EST, 53 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 230 PM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST... ...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PRESENT OUR AREA WITH A VARIETY OF WEATHER PROBLEMS. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE RATHER RARE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO RANGE AROUND 2 INCHES ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME AREAS. WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS YET TO COME...THE WORST OF THE FLOODING IS EXPECTED DURING THE RUSH HOUR. MELTING SNOW AND CLOGGED DRAINS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE FLOODING AND AS SUCH THE FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RESIDENTS ALONG FLOOD PRONE WATERWAYS MUST CONTINUE TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. ANOTHER PROBLEM HAS BEEN STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PRECEDING THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEARLY 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...HIGHER STILL IN THUNDERSTORMS. THESE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THEN NORTHWEST AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE AND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALL LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR TAKEN INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS WILL ALSO FIND THAT THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME HANDLING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS OFFSHORE THIS EVENING OUR RAINS WILL COME TO AN END. ALSO COMING TO AN END WILL BE OUR RECENT BOUT OF MILD WEATHER. THE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL USHER IN CONSIDERABLY COLDER AIR. THE MERCURY WILL PLUMMET INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S BY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL PLUNGE AS LOW AS THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND THE LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY STANDING WATER TO FREEZE...PRESENTING YET ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR MOTORISTS. THE WEATHER WILL THEN SETTLE DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES AVERAGING SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STALKER
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 2:32 PM EST, 51 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 230 PM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST... ...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PRESENT OUR AREA WITH A VARIETY OF WEATHER PROBLEMS. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE RATHER RARE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO RANGE AROUND 2 INCHES ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME AREAS. WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS YET TO COME...THE WORST OF THE FLOODING IS EXPECTED DURING THE RUSH HOUR. MELTING SNOW AND CLOGGED DRAINS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE FLOODING AND AS SUCH THE FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RESIDENTS ALONG FLOOD PRONE WATERWAYS MUST CONTINUE TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. ANOTHER PROBLEM HAS BEEN STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PRECEDING THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEARLY 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...HIGHER STILL IN THUNDERSTORMS. THESE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THEN NORTHWEST AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE AND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALL LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR TAKEN INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS WILL ALSO FIND THAT THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME HANDLING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS OFFSHORE THIS EVENING OUR RAINS WILL COME TO AN END. ALSO COMING TO AN END WILL BE OUR RECENT BOUT OF MILD WEATHER. THE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL USHER IN CONSIDERABLY COLDER AIR. THE MERCURY WILL PLUMMET INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S BY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL PLUNGE AS LOW AS THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND THE LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY STANDING WATER TO FREEZE...PRESENTING YET ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR MOTORISTS. THE WEATHER WILL THEN SETTLE DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES AVERAGING SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AS WELL AS COMMERCIALp RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STALKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 69 min |
| Jan 19, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York, Rockland, Westchester | 77 min |
| Jan 19, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 77 min |
| Jan 19, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 77 min |
| Jan 19, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 77 min |
| Jan 19, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.