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Tornado Warning 1, NWS New York, NY

July 26, 2012Orange County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2012, 6:12 PM EDT for Orange County, New York. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 26, 2012, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Orange County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 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.

561 
WFUS51 KOKX 262212
TOROKX
NYC071-262245-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0001.120726T2212Z-120726T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
612 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
  MONTGOMERY...OR NEAR BLOOMINGBURG...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WALDEN AND GARDNERTOWN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF 
DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 70 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 4151 7448 4157 7442 4164 7427 4163 7425
      4161 7424 4159 7414 4161 7414 4161 7407
      4159 7405 4159 7395 4151 7400 4148 7451
      4151 7451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 263DEG 51KT 4158 7439

$$

GOODMAN

2 follow-up statements

878 
WWUS51 KOKX 262232
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
632 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

NYC071-262245-
/O.CON.KOKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120726T2245Z/
ORANGE NY-
632 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR ORANGE LAKE...OR NEAR 
WALDEN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
BALMVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 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 4161 7424 4159 7414 4161 7414 4161 7407
      4159 7405 4159 7395 4151 7400 4149 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 271DEG 43KT 4157 7407

$$

GOODMAN

231 
WWUS51 KOKX 262245
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
645 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

NYC071-262254-
/O.EXP.KOKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120726T2245Z/
ORANGE NY-
645 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM EDT...

THE STORM WAS ENTERING PUTNAM COUNTY AND IS PRODUCING SEVERE 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WINDS GUSTED TO 59 MPH AT STEWART INTERNATIONAL 
AIRPORT AT 630 PM. 

LAT...LON 4161 7424 4159 7414 4161 7414 4161 7407
      4159 7405 4159 7395 4151 7400 4149 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 290DEG 48KT 4144 7391

$$

GOODMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 7:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland	37 min
Jul 26, 7:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	39 min
Jul 26, 8:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	40 min
Jul 26, 8:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, New York, Rockland, Westchester	58 min
Jul 26, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange	93 min
Jul 26, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	61 min
Jul 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		7 min
Jul 26, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		2 hr
Jul 26, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		2 hr
Jul 26, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond	97 min
Jul 26, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	44 min
Jul 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Suffolk	91 min
Jul 26, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		117 min
Jul 26, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		92 min

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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.