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Tornado Warning 4, NWS New York, NY

August 11, 2008Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 11, 2008, 12:06 PM EDT for Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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 11, 2008, 12:06 PM EDT (16:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2008, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Nassau County, NY, Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 11, 12:14 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Bayville, NY	QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
Aug 11, 12:24 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Glen Cove, NY	QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
Aug 11, 12:33 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bayville, NY	BRANCHES DOWN ON WEST SHORE ROAD.

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 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KOKX 111606
TOROKX
NYC059-103-111630-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0004.080811T1606Z-080811T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1206 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...

* AT 1203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAYVILLE...
  OR NEAR OYSTER BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODBURY BY 1210 PM...
  COLD SPRING HARBOR BY 1220 PM...
  HUNTINGTON AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON STATION BY 1225
  PM...
  CENTERPORT AND NORTHPORT BY 1230 PM...

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4085 7366 4088 7366 4092 7357 4092 7352
      4089 7348 4095 7349 4094 7342 4091 7343
      4091 7341 4096 7341 4096 7339 4093 7335
      4093 7330 4091 7323 4092 7321 4086 7317
      4077 7361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 243DEG 15KT 4089 7355

$$

MALOIT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KOKX 111630
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1230 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008

NYC059-103-111641-
/O.EXP.KOKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080811T1630Z/
SUFFOLK NY-NASSAU NY-
1231 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NASSAU AND WESTERN SUFFOLK
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

LAT...LON 4085 7366 4088 7366 4092 7357 4092 7352
      4089 7348 4095 7349 4094 7342 4091 7343
      4091 7341 4096 7341 4096 7339 4093 7335
      4093 7330 4091 7323 4092 7321 4086 7317
      4077 7361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 243DEG 15KT 4089 7355

$$

MALOIT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		63 min
Aug 10, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		57 min
Aug 10, 9:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	2 hr
Aug 11, 10:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		40 min
Aug 11, 10:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens	40 min
Aug 11, 10:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens	50 min
Aug 11, 10:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange, Rockland, Westchester	46 min
Aug 11, 11:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens	42 min
Aug 11, 11:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		61 min
Aug 11, 11:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx, New York, Queens, Westchester	46 min
Aug 11, 11:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange	42 min
Aug 11, 11:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau	40 min
Aug 11, 11:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Bronx, Nassau, Queens	61 min
Aug 11, 11:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland	2 hr
Aug 11, 11:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	2 hr
Aug 11, 11:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange	52 min
Aug 11, 11:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	49 min
Aug 11, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		58 min
Aug 11, 12:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	114 min
Aug 11, 12:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Putnam, Westchester	101 min
Aug 11, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	51 min
Aug 11, 12:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Putnam, Westchester	105 min
Aug 11, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		90 min
Aug 11, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam, Westchester	49 min
Aug 11, 1:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Suffolk	28 min
Aug 11, 1:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Nassau	54 min
Aug 11, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	42 min
Aug 11, 1:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Richmond	56 min
Aug 11, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Suffolk	46 min
Aug 11, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		90 min
Aug 11, 1:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens	33 min
Aug 11, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		54 min
Aug 11, 2:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	61 min
Aug 11, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		53 min
Aug 11, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		55 min
Aug 11, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		80 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.