Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2007, 6:28 AM EDT for Kings County, Richmond County, New York. It was in force for 32 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2007, 6:28 AM EDT (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2007, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kings County, NY, Richmond County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:32 AM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 47 | 1 N Bay Ridge, NY | IS 30 - MARY WHITE OVINGTON SCHOOL. |
| Aug 8, 6:35 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | Bay Ridge, NY | *** 9 INJ *** EF-2 DAMAGE CONFIRMED BY NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM - 8 MINOR INJURIES AND 1 MODERATE REPORTED BY NYC OEM. |
| Aug 8, 6:35 AM EDT | TORNADO | Bay Ridge, NY | EF-2 DAMAGE CONFIRMED BY NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM. SOME INJURIES OCCURRED, BUT NUMBER IS NOT YET KNOWN. |
| Aug 8, 6:40 AM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 1 N Flatbush, NY | NUMEROUS TREES...APROXIMATELY 30...UPROOTED ALONG OCEAN AVENUE BETWEEN BEVERLEY ROAD AND CHURCH AVENUE. THE DAMAGE ALSO EXTENDS TO THE WEST TO ARGYLE RD. THIS IS AN APPARENT ADDITIONAL TOUCHDOWN OF THE SAME TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN A FEW MINUTES EARLIER IN BA |
| Aug 8, 7:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Bay Ridge, NY | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN, SEVERAL HOMES WITH ROOFS BLOWN OFF AND OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN TOWN OF DYKER HEIGHTS |
| Aug 8, 7:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Crown Heights, NY | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN, SEVERAL HOMES WITH ROOFS BLOWN OFF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN TOWN OF PARK SLOPE |
| Aug 8, 7:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Crown Heights, NY | NUMEROUS TREES/WIRES DOWN, SEVERAL HOMES WITH ROOFS BLOWN OFF AND OTHER STRUCTUAL DAMAGE IN TOWN OF SUNSET PARK |
| Aug 8, 7:05 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Flatbush, NY | 25 TO 30 TREES UPROOTED STARTING AT BEVERLY ROAD AT OCEAN PARKWAY AND CONTINUING NORTHWARD SEVERAL BLOCKS TOWARDS CHURCH AVENUE, PROSPECT PARKWAY HAD 2 LANES CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES...POSSIBLE TORNADO...PENDING ON RESULTS OF NWS SURVEY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KOKX 081028 TOROKX NYC047-085-081100- /O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0003.070808T1028Z-070808T1100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 628 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... * UNTIL 700 AM EDT... * AT 621 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TOMPKINSVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR BAYONNE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BAY RIDGE BY 635 AM... FLATBUSH AND CROWN HEIGHTS BY 640 AM... CANARSIE BY 650 AM... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4068 7415 4062 7417 4055 7385 4068 7382 $$ GOODMAN
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KOKX 081038 SVSOKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 637 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 NYC085-081047- /O.CAN.KOKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070808T1100Z/ RICHMOND NY- 637 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RICHMOND COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4067 7403 4061 7405 4055 7385 4068 7382 $$ NYC047-081100- /O.CON.KOKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070808T1100Z/ KINGS NY- 637 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR KINGS COUNTY... AT 634 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLATBUSH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 4067 7403 4061 7405 4055 7385 4068 7382 $$ GOODMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:56 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond | 14 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 30 min | |
| Aug 8, 6:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 7:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 43 min | |
| Aug 8, 8:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 65 min | |
| Aug 8, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 33 min | |
| Aug 8, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 82 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.