Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 9, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2008, 7:40 PM EDT for Putnam County, Westchester County, New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2008, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Putnam County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KOKX 062340 TOROKX CTC001-NYC079-119-070030- /O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0009.080906T2340Z-080907T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 740 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT... * AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAIN BAND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WILTON...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW CANAAN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GEORGETOWN BY 745 PM... RIDGEFIELD BY 750 PM... BETHEL BY 755 PM... DANBURY BY 805 PM... BREWSTER BY 815 PM... 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAHOPAC BY 820 PM... 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. 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 4137 7376 4151 7350 4122 7323 4111 7341 TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 141DEG 23KT 4124 7340 $$ MPS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KOKX 070022 SVSOKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 822 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008 CTC001-NYC079-119-070032- /O.EXP.KOKX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080907T0030Z/ PUTNAM NY-FAIRFIELD CT-WESTCHESTER NY- 822 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTCHESTER...FAIRFIELD AND PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT... THE STORMS THAT WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. LAT...LON 4137 7376 4151 7350 4122 7323 4111 7341 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 141DEG 23KT 4145 7364 $$ MPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 3:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Westchester | 92 min |
| Sep 6, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 94 min |
| Sep 6, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 30 min | |
| Sep 6, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 66 min | |
| Sep 6, 6:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 6 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.