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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS New York, NY

September 18, 2012Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2012, 10:41 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 22 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 18, 2012, 10:41 PM EDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2012, 11:03 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 18, 3:38 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 00:00Z on 2012-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 270 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 00:00Z on 2012-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 667 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
667 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
699 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

287 
WUUS51 KOKX 190241
SVROKX
NYC103-190345-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0091.120919T0241Z-120919T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1041 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

* AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM WADING RIVER TO DAVIS PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  WADING RIVER TO PATCHOGUE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SHIRLEY...CALVERTON...MASTIC...MANORVILLE...MASTIC BEACH...CENTER
  MORICHES...WESTHAMPTON...RIVERHEAD...MATTITUCK...PECONIC...
  SOUTHOLD...GREENPORT...SHINNECOCK HILLS...SOUTHAMPTON...SHELTER
  ISLAND...BRIDGEHAMPTON...NOYACK...PLUM ISLAND AND SAG HARBOR

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR 
DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER. 

&&

LAT...LON 4116 7220 4116 7223 4111 7228 4113 7231
      4112 7233 4105 7226 4104 7220 4089 7230
      4067 7305 4074 7289 4075 7289 4073 7296
      4074 7297 4074 7298 4090 7286 4097 7288
      4099 7263 4110 7240 4115 7235 4121 7210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 240DEG 31KT 4101 7277 4094 7276
          4075 7292

$$

GOODMAN
1 follow-up statement
311 
WWUS51 KOKX 190303
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1103 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

NYC103-190312-
/O.CAN.KOKX.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-120919T0345Z/
SUFFOLK NY-
1103 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY 
HAVE WEAKENED. 

LAT...LON 4116 7220 4116 7223 4111 7228 4113 7231
      4112 7233 4105 7226 4104 7220 4089 7230
      4067 7305 4074 7289 4075 7289 4073 7296
      4074 7297 4074 7298 4090 7286 4097 7288
      4099 7263 4110 7240 4115 7235 4121 7210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 240DEG 31KT 4110 7256 4103 7255
          4084 7271

$$

GOODMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX65 min
Sep 18, 8:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Suffolk54 min
Sep 18, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, Nassau, Queens, Westchester46 min
Sep 18, 8:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXKings, Queens45 min
Sep 18, 9:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk86 min
Sep 18, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk51 min
Sep 18, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX55 min
Sep 18, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX94 min
Sep 18, 9:34 PM EDTTornado WarningOKXSuffolk26 min
Sep 18, 9:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau55 min
Sep 18, 9:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk88 min
Sep 18, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk62 min
Sep 18, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX57 min
Sep 18, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX59 min
Sep 18, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX31 min
Sep 18, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX63 min
Sep 18, 11:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk54 min
Sep 19, 12:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk117 min
Sep 19, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX24 min
Sep 19, 3:39 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX14 hr
Sep 19, 5:46 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX22 hr

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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.