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Tornado Warning 8, NWS New York, NY

August 28, 2011Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2011, 3:48 AM EDT for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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 28, 2011, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2011, 4:15 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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 28, 3:51 AM EDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	Lynbrook, NY	LARGE TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF WATERVIEW PLACE AND OCEAN AVENUE...TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 27, 7:56 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 957 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

600 
WFUS51 KOKX 280748
TOROKX
NYC047-059-081-280815-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0008.110828T0748Z-110828T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
348 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT...

* AT 348 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF LIDO BEACH...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MASSAPEQUA...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FREEPORT...LONG BEACH...OCEANSIDE...BALDWIN...ATLANTIC BEACH...
  LYNBROOK...HEMPSTEAD...CEDARHURST...WOODMERE...VALLEY STREAM...
  GARDEN CITY...MINEOLA...ELMONT...KENNEDY AIRPORT...HOWARD BEACH...
  JAMAICA...MANHASSET...LITTLE NECK...OZONE PARK...CLEARVIEW
  EXPRESSWAY...GREAT NECK...FOREST HILLS...BAYSIDE...WHITESTONE...
  FLUSHING...JACKSON HEIGHTS...LAGUARDIA AIRPORT AND ASTORIA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4061 7378 4063 7376 4071 7397 4078 7391
      4078 7385 4083 7373 4061 7344 4060 7356
      4062 7348 4061 7364 4059 7356 4058 7358
      4058 7372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 134DEG 49KT 4057 7354

$$

SJN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 9:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	4 hr
Aug 28, 12:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	35 hr
Aug 28, 12:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond	20 hr
Aug 28, 3:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	6 hr
Aug 28, 3:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Orange	36 hr
Aug 28, 4:46 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	29 min
Aug 28, 5:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	24 min
Aug 28, 7:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	OKX	Orange, Ulster	36 hr
Aug 28, 8:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	2 hr
Aug 28, 7:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond	4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.