Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1997, 7:43 PM EDT for New York County, New York. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 18, 1997, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County New York County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 182348 RRA SVRNYC NYC047-061-081-190030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 743 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...KINGS COUNTY...NEW YORK COUNTY...QUEENS COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 7:40 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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
Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
428 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM SEA CLIFF NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 NASSAU EXTENSIVE DAMAGE REPORTED
BY NASSAU COUNTY EOC IN
SEA CLIFF...SANDS POINT..
AND ELMONT.
0230 PM PARAMUS NJ
07/18/97 BERGEN *** 1 DEAD ***
TREE FELL KILLING PARKING
LOT ATTENDANT AT PARAMUS
COUNTRY CLUB. INITIAL
REPORT.
0235 PM BABYLON NY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 SUFFOLK ESTIMATED IN NORTH BABYLON
0245 PM FARMINGDALE RPBLC ARPT NY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 SUFFOLK SQUALL AT REPUBLIC AIRPORT
0250 PM BABYLON NY 1 INCH HAIL
07/18/97 SUFFOLK
0250 PM DEER PARK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 SUFFOLK *** 12 INJ ***
ROOFS BLOWN OFF TWO
BUILDINGS...INITIAL
ESTIMATE OF INJURIES TO
PEOPLE INSIDE BUILDINGS.
0252 PM DEER PARK H NY .75 INCH HAIL
07/18/97 SUFFOLK
0308 PM BOHEMIA NY 58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 SUFFOLKLocal storm report, Jul 18, 4:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
428 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM SEA CLIFF NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 NASSAU EXTENSIVE DAMAGE REPORTED
BY NASSAU COUNTY EOC IN
SEA CLIFF...SANDS POINT..
AND ELMONT.
0230 PM PARAMUS NJ
07/18/97 BERGEN *** 1 DEAD ***
TREE FELL KILLING PARKING
LOT ATTENDANT AT PARAMUS
COUNTRY CLUB. INITIAL
REPORT.
0235 PM BABYLON NY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 SUFFOLK ESTIMATED IN NORTH BABYLON
0245 PM FARMINGDALE RPBLC ARPT NY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 SUFFOLK SQUALL AT REPUBLIC AIRPORT
0250 PM BABYLON NY 1 INCH HAIL
07/18/97 SUFFOLK
0250 PM DEER PARK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 SUFFOLK *** 12 INJ ***
ROOFS BLOWN OFF TWO
BUILDINGS...INITIAL
ESTIMATE OF INJURIES TO
PEOPLE INSIDE BUILDINGS.
0252 PM DEER PARK NY .75 INCH HAIL
07/18/97 SUFFOLK
0308 PM BOHEMIA NY 58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 SUFFOLKLocal storm report, Jul 18, 5:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
600 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0250 PM DEER PARK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 SUFFOLK *** 1 INJ ***
TOP LAYER OF FACTORY PLANT
ROOF STRIPPED OFF. GARAGE
DOOR AND WINDOWS BLOWN
INTO THE FACTORY. DEBRIS
BLOWN ABOUT 300 YARDS,
SOME FELL ONTO CARS.Local storm report, Jul 18, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
600 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0250 PM DEER PARK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 SUFFOLK *** 1 INJ ***
TOP LAYER OF FACTORY PLANT
ROOF STRIPPED OFF. GARAGE
DOOR AND WINDOWS BLOWN
INTO THE FACTORY. DEBRIS
BLOWN ABOUT 300 YARDS,
SOME FELL ONTO CARS.Local storm report, Jul 18, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
622 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0428 PM HAMDEN CT 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 NEW HAVEN
0429 PM NEW HAVEN CT .75 INCH HAIL
07/18/97 NEW HAVEN
0435 PM GUILFORD CT WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 NEW HAVEN 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0448 PM GUILFORD CT 50 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 NEW HAVENLocal storm report, Jul 18, 6:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
622 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0428 PM HAMDEN CT 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 NEW HAVEN
0429 PM NEW HAVEN CT .75 INCH HAIL
07/18/97 NEW HAVEN
0435 PM GUILFORD CT WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 NEW HAVEN 4 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0448 PM GUILFORD CT 50 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 NEW HAVENThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 33 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.