Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New York, NY

July 11, 2001Rockland County, Westchester County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2001, 7:08 AM EDT for Rockland County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 11, 2001, 7:08 AM EDT (11:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2001, 8:05 AM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 7:45 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWhite Plains, NY
Jul 11, 8:00 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EOrangeburg, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 11, 5:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2001-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 569 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2001-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

904 
WUUS51 KOKX 111108
SVROKX
NYC087-119-111205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
708 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  CENTRAL WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

* UNTIL 805 AM EDT

* AT 706 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SUFFERN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER MONSEY...SPRING VALLEY...NANUET AT 715 AM EDT
  OVER NEW CITY AT 720 AM EDT
  OVER UPPER NYACK...OSSINING...3 MILES NORTH OF NYACK...3 MILES
  NORTH OF NORTH TARRYTOWN AT 725 AM EDT
  2 MILES NORTH OF HAWTHORNE AT 730 AM EDT

$$

THIS CELL HAS A HISTORY OF HIGH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN UPTON NY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4118 7434 4101 7428 4106 7371 4126 7373

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau52 min
Jul 11, 7:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk65 min
Jul 11, 8:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.