Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

May 26, 2012Rockland County, Westchester County, New York; Bergen County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 2:49 PM EDT for Rockland County, Westchester County, New York; Bergen County, New Jersey. It was in force for 41 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
May 26, 2012, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 2:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGValley Cottage, NYWIRES DOWN IN VALLEY COTTAGE.
May 26, 3:03 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBlauvelt, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN BLAUVELT.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 144 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 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.

501 
WUUS51 KOKX 261849
SVROKX
NJC003-NYC087-119-261930-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0002.120526T1849Z-120526T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
249 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  EASTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

* AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  NYACK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UPPER
  NYACK...OSSINING...ORANGEBURG...TAPPAN...NORWOOD...NORTH
  TARRYTOWN...TARRYTOWN...DOBBS FERRY...YONKERS...WHITE PLAINS...
  SCARSDALE...NEW ROCHELLE...HAWTHORNE...HARRISON AND BRONXVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4121 7400 4111 7370 4109 7372 4102 7366
      4088 7377 4105 7411
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 299DEG 8KT 4108 7395

$$

DSW
2 follow-up statements
900 
WWUS51 KOKX 261908
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
308 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

NJC003-NYC087-119-261930-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120526T1930Z/
ROCKLAND NY-BERGEN NJ-WESTCHESTER NY-
308 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR WESTCHESTER...EAST CENTRAL BERGEN AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...

AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BLAUVELT...OR NEAR NYACK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4119 7396 4104 7368 4102 7366 4094 7372
      4092 7373 4090 7375 4088 7376 4088 7378
      4090 7383 4105 7410
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 306DEG 8KT 4106 7394

$$

DSW
844 
WWUS51 KOKX 261930
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
330 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

NJC003-NYC087-119-261940-
/O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120526T1930Z/
ROCKLAND NY-BERGEN NJ-WESTCHESTER NY-
330 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTCHESTER...EAST CENTRAL
BERGEN AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4119 7396 4104 7368 4102 7366 4094 7372
      4092 7373 4090 7375 4088 7376 4088 7378
      4090 7383 4105 7410
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 306DEG 8KT 4106 7394

$$

DSW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 12:45 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryOKXNassau, Suffolk8 hr
May 26, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange32 min
May 26, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange, Putnam41 min
May 26, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXRockland42 min
May 26, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXPutnam59 min
May 26, 3:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXRockland, Westchester82 min
May 26, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXWestchester57 min
May 26, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXRockland, Westchester95 min
May 26, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland, Westchester47 min
May 26, 4:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXRockland, Westchester83 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.