Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 7, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2008, 5:16 PM EDT for Bronx County, New York County, New York; Bergen County, New Jersey. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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 15, 2008, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, New York County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 15, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Woodlawn, NY | PENNY SIZE HAIL. |
| Aug 15, 5:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 71 | 2 Sw Pelham Manor, NY | CARDINAL SPELLMAN HIGH SCHOOL. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 152116
TOROKX
NJC003-NYC005-061-152145-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0007.080815T2116Z-080815T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
516 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
EASTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
* AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
ENGLEWOOD...OR NEAR BERGENFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 19 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RIVERDALE BY 525 PM...
EAST TREMONT BY 530 PM...
CO-OP CITY AND CITY ISLAND BY 540 PM...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 4094 7404 4097 7390 4093 7390 4091 7386
4091 7384 4089 7383 4089 7379 4086 7379
4086 7380 4083 7379 4083 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 268DEG 16KT 4090 7396
$$
BAS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KOKX 152138
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
538 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
NJC003-NYC061-152148-
/O.CAN.KOKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080815T2145Z/
BERGEN NJ-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-
538 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) AND EAST CENTRAL
BERGEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF MANHATTAN AND BERGEN COUNTY NEW
JERSEY.
LAT...LON 4089 7391 4093 7391 4092 7389 4091 7388
4091 7384 4089 7383 4087 7385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 268DEG 16KT 4088 7383
$$
NYC005-152145-
/O.CON.KOKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080815T2145Z/
BRONX NY-
538 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR BRONX
COUNTY...
AT 534 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR WOODLAWN...OR NEAR EAST TREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH.
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 4089 7391 4093 7391 4092 7389 4091 7388
4091 7384 4089 7383 4087 7385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 268DEG 16KT 4088 7383
$$
BASThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Nassau | 109 min |
| Aug 15, 2:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 114 min |
| Aug 15, 2:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 104 min |
| Aug 15, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 43 min | |
| Aug 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Rockland | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York, Westchester | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Westchester | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 64 min | |
| Aug 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, Suffolk | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, Queens, Westchester | 115 min |
| Aug 15, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 99 min |
| Aug 15, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 15, 7:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Richmond | 82 min |
| Aug 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 115 min |
Nearby
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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.