Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 8:40 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 35 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 30, 1998, 8:40 AM EDT (12:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1998, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 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, 0.7 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
- 640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
509 WUUS1 KNYC 301240 RRA SVRNYC NYC103-301310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 840 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AND EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 915 AM EDT * AT 840 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN UPTON NY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CORAM NY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...YAPHANK AND CORAM SHORTLY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MIDDLE ISLAND...WADING RIVER AND RIVERHEAD WITHIN 20 MINUTES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS EKH/DR
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, Jun 30, 4:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
NYZ0067>081-NJ002>006-011-CT005>012-301500- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 405 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO TODAY WILL BRING A WARM FRONT THROUGH OUR REGION THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. THE RESULT WILL BE A ONE-TWO PUNCH OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MORNING/S BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALREADY MOVING EAST ACROSS NEW JERSEY EARLY THIS MORNING...MAKING THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE TRI-STATE REGION IMMINENT. THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING IS HEAVY RAIN...WITH HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND EVEN POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING INCLUDING THE RUSH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDDAY...ALLOWING A BREAK IN THE ACTION BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS FIRE UP AGAIN IN AND WEST OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF STORMS IS HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL...WITH STRONG...EVEN DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. HOW MUCH SUN BREAKS THROUGH THE CLOUDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL FACTOR INTO THE SEVERITY OF STORMS LATER TODAY IN TERMS OF THE STRONG WIND AND HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL ALSO BE CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING TODAY/S SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. UPDATES ARE ALSO PROMPTLY POSTED ON OUR INTERNET HOMEPAGE AT HTTP:/WWW.NWS.BNL.GOV/. THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS OUR REGION LATER TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY PARTIAL CLEARING LATE...AND LESS HUMID WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY. WARM...PLEASANT WEATHER SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE CLOSE OF THE WORK WEEK. THE FOURTH OF JULY SHOULD ALSO FEATURE WARM WEATHER WITH SOME SUNSHINE AND JUST THE CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. MAZZA
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
NYZ0067>081-NJ002>006-011-CT005>012-301500- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 405 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO TODAY WILL BRING A WARM FRONT THROUGH OUR REGION THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. THE RESULT WILL BE A ONE-TWO PUNCH OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MORNING/S BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALREADY MOVING EAST ACROSS NEW JERSEY EARLY THIS MORNING...MAKING THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE TRI-STATE REGION IMMINENT. THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING IS HEAVY RAIN...WITH HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND EVEN POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING INCLUDING THE RUSH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDDAY...ALLOWING A BREAK IN THE ACTION BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS FIRE UP AGAIN IN AND WEST OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF STORMS IS HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL...WITH STRONG...EVEN DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. HOW MUCH SUN BREAKS THROUGH THE CLOUDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL FACTOR INTO THE SEVERITY OF STORMS LATER TODAY IN TERMS OF THE STRONG WIND AND HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL ALSO BE CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING TODAY/S SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. UPDATES ARE ALSO PROMPTLY POSTED ON OUR INTERNET HOMEPAGE AT HTTP:/WWW.NWS.BNL.GOV/. THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS OUR REGION LATER TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY PARTIAL CLEARING LATE...AND LESS HUMID WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY. WARM...PLEASANT WEATHER SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE CLOSE OF THE WORK WEEK. THE FOURTH OF JULY SHOULD ALSO FEATURE WARM WEATHER WITH SOME SUNSHINE AND JUST THE CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. MAZZA
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 73 min |
| Jun 30, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Orange | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 78 min |
| Jun 30, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 78 min |
| Jun 30, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 78 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.