Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1997, 9:08 PM EDT for Orange 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
- Aug 16, 1997, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1997, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1428 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 336 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND FAIRFIELD AND NEW HAVEN COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 9PM... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY METRO AREAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... THE LEADING EDGE OF HOT...HAZY AND HUMID AIR...A WARM FRONT MOVED NORTH OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS PUT THE TRI-STATE REGION IN A TROPICAL AIRMASS. AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED WITH A TROPICAL AIRMASS... IT WAS HOT AND MUGGY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED ACROSS INTERIOR NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAD VERY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY ALL OF THEM HAD PRODUCED COPIOUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS MOST OF THE TRI-STATE THROUGH 9PM. CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM. DEW POINTS...WHICH ARE A MEASURE OF ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY...WILL BE IN THE MID 70S AGAIN ON SUNDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. THIS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES ANYWHERE FROM 95 TO 105 DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES WONT BE MUCH BELOW 80 DEGREES. REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS...EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT SEVERE ARE STILL DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTNING THEY PRODUCE. USE COMMON SENSE AND GET IN OUT OF THE RAIN IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN A THUNDERSTORM. WOOLDRIDGE
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 336 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND FAIRFIELD AND NEW HAVEN COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 9PM... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY METRO AREAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... THE LEADING EDGE OF HOT...HAZY AND HUMID AIR...A WARM FRONT MOVED NORTH OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS PUT THE TRI-STATE REGION IN A TROPICAL AIRMASS. AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED WITH A TROPICAL AIRMASS... IT WAS HOT AND MUGGY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED ACROSS INTERIOR NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAD VERY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY ALL OF THEM HAD PRODUCED COPIOUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS MOST OF THE TRI-STATE THROUGH 9PM. CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM. DEW POINTS...WHICH ARE A MEASURE OF ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY...WILL BE IN THE MID 70S AGAIN ON SUNDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. THIS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES ANYWHERE FROM 95 TO 105 DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES WONT BE MUCH BELOW 80 DEGREES. REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS...EVEN IF .THEY ARE NOT SEVERE ARE STILL DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTNING THEY PRODUCE. USE COMMON SENSE AND GET IN OUT OF THE RAIN IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN A THUNDERSTORM. WOOLDRIDGE
Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
710 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0527 PM MAPLEWOOD NJ WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 ESSEX TREE FELL ON HOUSE/PERSON
PINNED
0531 PM NEWBURGH ARPT NY 63 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 ORANGE
0533 PM CENTRAL PARK NY 58 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 NEW YORK
0540 PM RUTHERFORD NJ WIND DAMAGE
0550 PM YORKTOWN HGTS NY WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 WESTCHESTER TREE DAMAGE COUNTYWIDE
0559 PM WAYNE NJ WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 PASSAIC *** 1 INJ ***
TOPS RIPPED OFF
TREES/WIRES DOWN
0602 PM GREENWICH CT 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 FAIRFIELD TREES/WIRES DOWN
0605 PM CARMEL NY WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 PUTNAM POWER LINES DOWN
0610 PM MASSAPEQUA NY 58 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 NASSAU
0616 PM BRONX NY WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 BRONX *** 1 DEAD ***
PERSON KILLED BY FALLEN
TREE PELHAM BAY PARK
0628 PM BABYLON NY 65 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 SUFFOLK
0629 PM QUEENS VLG NY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 QUEENSLocal storm report, Aug 16, 7:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
710 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0527 PM MAPLEWOOD NJ WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 ESSEX TREE FELL ON HOUSE/PERSON
PINNED
0531 PM NEWBURGH ARPT NY 63 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 ORANGE
0533 PM CENTRAL PARK NY 58 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 NEW YORK
0540 PM RUTHERFORD NJ WIND DAMAGE
0550 PM YORKTOWN HGTS NY WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 WESTCHESTER TREE DAMAGE COUNTYWIDE
0559 PM WAYNE NJ WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 PASSAIC *** 1 INJ ***
TOPS RIPPED OFF
TREES/WIRES DOWN
0602 PM GREENWICH CT 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 FAIRFIELD TREES/WIRES DOWN
0605 PM CARMEL NY WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 PUTNAM POWER LINES DOWN
0610 PM MASSAPEQUA NY 58 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 NASSAU
0616 PM BRONX NY WIND DAMAGE
08/16/97 BRONX *** 1 DEAD ***
PERSON KILLED BY FALLEN
TREE PELHAM BAY PARK
0628 PM BABYLON NY 65 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 SUFFOLK
0629 PM QUEENS VLG NY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/97 QUEENSSpecial weather statement, Aug 16, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
NYJ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-170500- SPECIAL WEAER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 735 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT... ALL OF THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. RILEY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
NYJ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-170500- SPECIAL WEAER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 735 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT... ALL OF THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. RILEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 12:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Westchester | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Passaic | 3 hr |
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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.