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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS New York, NY

June 3, 1998Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1998, 12:22 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 33 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 3, 1998, 12:22 AM EDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1998, 12:55 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Suffolk County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1998-06-03Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 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.

347 
WUUS1 KNYC 030424 RRA
SVRNYC
ANZ330-335-350-355-NYC103-030455-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1222 AM EDT WED JUN 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
  IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 1255 AM EDT

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
  SOUTHOLD              BY 1214 AM EDT
  BRIDGEHAMPTON         BY 1217 AM EDT
  SHELTER ISLAND        BY 1218 AM EDT
  EAST HAMPTON          BY 1227 AM EDT
  AMAGANSETT            BY 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1221 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN UPTON
  NY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF CUTCHOGUE
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

MET/MLE

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange48 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.