Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1998, 2:03 AM EDT for Kings County, Queens 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
- Jun 1, 1998, 2:03 AM EDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1998, 2:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
436 WUUS1 KNYC 010604 RRA SVRNYC NYC047-081-010650- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 203 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 250 AM EDT * AT 2 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ALONG THE BROOKLYN/QUEENS BORDER MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IAA/SDR
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, May 31, 10:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-010900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1038 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH EXTENDED UNTIL 400 AM FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... ...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK AND FAIRFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT FOR THE OVERNIGHT... A WILD WEATHER NIGHT CONTINUES ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED FUNNEL CLOUDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND HAIL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ...AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROtUGH THE REGION. QUIETER AND COOLER WEATHER IS ON TAP FOR MONDAY. REYNOLDS
Local storm report, May 31, 11:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1156 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM PORT JERVIS NY 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ORANGE
0811 PM SLATE HILL NY 66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 ORANGE
0847 PM HARRIMAN NY
05/31/98 ORANGE FUNNEL CLOUD 5S OF
HARRIMAN TOLLS ON I-87
0855 PM NEWBURGH STEWART ARPT NY TORNADO
05/31/98 ORANGE SPOTTER REPORT OF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN NEAR AIRPORT
...NO FURTHER DETAILS
0913 PM SLATE HILL NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ORANGE
0925 PM PORT JERVIS NY FLOODING
05/31/98 ORANGE REPORT OF 6 IN
RAINFALL...STREET
FLOODING.
1006 PM MAHOPAC NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 PUTNAM
1032 PM DANBURY CT 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 FAIRFIELD
1057 PM DERBY CT .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 NEW HAVEN
1103 PM PEEKSKILL NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WESTCHESTER TREES DOWN
1115 PM WOODRIDGE NJ WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 BERGEN TREE BLOWN INTO HOUSE
1118 PM POUND RIDGE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WESTCHESTER TREE BLOWN INTO HOUSE
1127 PM POUND RIDGE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WESTCHESTER TREES DOWN
1135 PM SADDLE BROOK NJ 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 BERGEN
1138 PM NEWARK NJ WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ESSEX TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNLocal storm report, Jun 1, 12:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1228 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM PORT JERVIS NY 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ORANGE
0811 PM SLATE HILL NY 66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 ORANGE
0847 PM HARRIMAN NY
05/31/98 ORANGE FUNNEL CLOUD 5S OF
HARRIMAN TOLLS ON I-87
0855 PM NEWBURGH STEWART ARPT NY TORNADO
05/31/98 ORANGE SPOTTER REPORT OF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN NEAR
AIRPORT...NO FURTHER
DETAILS
0913 PM SLATE HILL NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ORANGE
0925 PM PORT JERVIS NY FLOODING
05/31/98 ORANGE REPORT OF 6 IN
RAINFALL...STREET
FLOODING.
1006 PM MAHOPAC NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 PUTNAM
1032 PM DANBURY CT 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 FAIRFIELD
1057 PM DERBY CT .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 NEW HAVEN
1103 PM PEEKSKILL NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WESTCHESTER TREES DOWN
1105 PM CLIFTON NJ WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 PASSAIC TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED
1115 PM WOODRIDGE NJ WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 BERGEN TREE BLOWN INTO HOUSE
1118 PM POUND RIDGE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WESTCHESTER TREE BLOWN INTO HOUSE
1127 PM POUND RIDGE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WESTCHESTER TREES DOWN
1135 PM SADDLE BROOK NJ 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 BERGEN
1138 PM NEWARK NJ WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ESSEX TREES AND POWER LINES@ DOWN
...UPDATE TO ADD CLIFTON/PASSAIC CO REPORT...Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATE #2...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1244 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM PORT JERVIS NY 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ORANGE
0811 PM SLATE HILL NY 66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 ORANGE
0847 PM HARRIMAN NY
05/31/98 ORANGE FUNNEL CLOUD 5S OF
HARRIMAN TOLLS ON I-87
0855 PM NEWBURGH STEWART ARPT NY TORNADO
05/31/98 ORANGE SPOTTER REPORT OF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN NEAR
AIRPORT...NO FURTHER
DETAILS
0913 PM SLATE HILL NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ORANGE
0925 PM PORT JERVIS NY FLOODING
05/31/98 ORANGE REPORT OF 6 IN
RAINFALL...STREET
FLOODING.
1006 PM MAHOPAC NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 PUTNAM
1032 PM DANBURY CT 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 FAIRFIELD
1057 PM DERBY CT .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 NEW HAVEN
1103 PM PEEKSKILL NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WESTCHESTER TREES DOWN
1105 PM CLIFTON NJ WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 PASSAIC TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED
1115 PM WOODRIDGE NJ WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 BERGEN TREE BLOWN INTO HOUSE
1118 PM POUND RIDGE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WESTCHESTER TREE BLOWN INTO HOUSE
1127 PM POUND RIDGE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WESTCHESTER TREES DOWN
1135 PM SADDLE BROOK NJ 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 BERGEN
1137 PM NANUET NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ROCKLAND TREE DOWN ON HOUSEX
1138 PM NEWARK NJ WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ESSEX TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
...UPDATE TO ADD ROCKLAND CO RPT...The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Orange | 38 min |
| May 31, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 57 min |
| May 31, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Orange | 58 min |
| May 31, 9:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Westchester | 65 min |
| May 31, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam | 59 min |
| May 31, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Rockland | 59 min |
| May 31, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 60 min |
| May 31, 10:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Orange | 118 min |
| May 31, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 48 min |
| May 31, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.