Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 7:36 PM EDT for Rockland County, New York. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1998, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1998, 8:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rockland County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Hillcrest, NY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
628 WUUS1 KNYC 302338 RRA SVRNYC NYC087-010010- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 736 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 810 PM EDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS JST &
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, Jun 30, 2:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 240 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED AN F0 TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN LAKE RONKONKOMA AND SELDEN IN CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY LONG ISLAND. AN F0 TORNADO IS DEFINED AS CAUSING LIGHT DAMAGE WITH WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 40 AND 72 MILES PER HOUR. THE OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE PATH WERE MOSTLY FUNNEL CLOUD AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WITH TWO TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN WAS IN LAKE RONKONKOMA ALONG LAKE SHORE DRIVE. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED BEFORE ANTHER TOUCHDOWN ON THE SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN SELDEN. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED ON THE CAMPUS FALLING ON CARS AND ACROSS WIRES. MORE TREE DAMAGE...SOME JUST TREE TOP...WAS IDENTIFIED ALONG MIDDLE COUNTRY ROAD AND MOONEY POND ROAD IN AND NEAR SELDEN. HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED TO HtAVE BEEN WRAPPING AROUND THE FUNNEL CLOUD. THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE THAT TOPPLED TREES IN THIS GENERAL AREA. RILEY
Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 240 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED AN F0 TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN LAKE RONKONKOMA AND SELDEN IN CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY LONG ISLAND. AN F0 TORNADO IS DEFINED AS CAUSING LIGHT DAMAGE WITH WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 40 AND 72 MILES PER HOUR. THE OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE PATH WERE MOSTLY FUNNEL CLOUD AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WITH TWO TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN WAS IN LAKE RONKONKOMA ALONG LAKE SHORE DRIVE. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED BEFORE ANTHER TOUCHDOWN ON THE SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN SELDEN. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED ON THE CAMPUS FALLING ON CARS AND ACROSS WIRES. MORE TREE DAMAGE...SOME JUST TREE TOP...WAS IDENTIFIED ALONG MIDDLE COUNTRY ROAD AND MOONEY POND ROAD IN AND NEAR SELDEN. HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED TO HtAVE BEEN WRAPPING AROUND THE FUNNEL CLOUD. THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE THAT TOPPLED TREES IN THIS GENERAL AREA. RILEY
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
NYZ0067>081-NJ002>006-011-CT005>012-010300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA UNTIL 10 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE STORMS WILL EXIT TO OUR EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE BREEZY AND LESS HUMID WITH JUST A CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. EKH
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
NYZ0067>081-NJ002>006-011-CT005>012-010300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA UNTIL 10 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE STORMS WILL EXIT TO OUR EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE BREEZY AND LESS HUMID WITH JUST A CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. EKH
Local storm report, Jun 30, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTIONS TO TIMES AND SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM WYANDANCH NY WIND DAMAGE.
06/30/98 SUFFOLK TREES DOWN. ALSO IN DEER
PARK AND WHEATLY HEIGHTS.
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0810 AM HAUPPAUGE NY .75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 SUFFOLK FUNNEL CLOUDS ALSO
REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED
BY RADAR.
0815 AM LAKE RONKONKOMA NY TORNADO
06/30/98 SUFFOLK INDICATION OF F0 TORNADO
ALONG LAKE SHORE DRIVE. TIME
ESTIMATE AT 0815-0830 AM
BY RADAR.
0815 AM SELDEN NY TORNADO
06/30/98 SUFFOLK .75 INCH HAIL
SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF F0
TORNADO AT AND IN VICINITY
OF SUFFOLK COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. TIME ESTIMATED AT
0815-0830 AM BY RADAR.
0830 AM MT SINAI NY 1 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 SUFFOLK
0830 AM CORAM NY WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 SUFFOLK TREES/WIRES DOWN. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
1205 PM GOSHEN NY WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ORANGE LARGE TREES DOWN. FUNNEL
CLOUD SIGHTED BETWEEN
GOSHEN AND CHESTER.
JST/DJRLocal storm report, Jun 30, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTIONS TO TIMES AND SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM WYANDANCH NY WIND DAMAGE.
06/30/98 SUFFOLK TREES DOWN. ALSO IN DEER
PARK AND WHEATLY HEIGHTS.
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0810 AM HAUPPAUGE NY .75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 SUFFOLK FUNNEL CLOUDS ALSO
REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED
BY RADAR.
0815 AM LAKE RONKONKOMA NY TORNADO
06/30/98 SUFFOLK INDICATION OF F0 TORNADO
ALONG LAKE SHORE DRIVE. TIME
ESTIMATE AT 0815-0830 AM
BY RADAR.
0815 AM SELDEN NY TORNADO
06/30/98 SUFFOLK .75 INCH HAIL
SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF F0
TORNADO AT AND IN VICINITY
OF SUFFOLK COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. TIME ESTIMATED AT
0815-0830 AM BY RADAR.
0830 AM MT SINAI NY 1 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 SUFFOLK
0830 AM CORAM NY WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 SUFFOLK TREES/WIRES DOWN. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
1205 PM GOSHEN NY WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ORANGE LARGE TREES DOWN. FUNNEL
CLOUD SIGHTED BETWEEN
GOSHEN AND CHESTER.
JST/DJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 35 min |
| 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, 7:37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.