Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 12, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT for Rockland County, New York; Bergen County, New Jersey. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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
- Sep 8, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Rockland County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Wyckoff, NJ | NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES DOWN AT WYCKOFF AND RUSSELL AVES |
| Sep 8, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Wyckoff, NJ | NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN AT WYCKOFF AVE AND GLENDALE RD |
| Sep 8, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Pearl River, NY | WIRES DOWN ON SOUTH PEARL ST NEAR W MADISON AVE |
| Sep 8, 5:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Midland Park, NJ | POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN ON ROAD AT VREELAND AND GODWIN AVES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 11:18 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KOKX 082116
TOROKX
NJC003-NYC087-082145-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0012.120908T2116Z-120908T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
516 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
RIDGEWOOD...OR NEAR WAYNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RAMSEY...MONSEY...PEARL RIVER...NANUET...TAPPAN...ORANGEBURG...NEW
CITY...UPPER NYACK...NYACK AND HAVERSTRAW
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4120 7393 4115 7389 4101 7389 4096 7414
4098 7416 4098 7422 4100 7425 4102 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 244DEG 29KT 4099 7421
$$
GOODMAN1 follow-up statement
202
WWUS51 KOKX 082134
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
534 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NJC003-082144-
/O.CAN.KOKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120908T2145Z/
BERGEN NJ-
534 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4120 7393 4115 7389 4105 7389 4103 7394
4110 7405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 246DEG 44KT 4109 7393
$$
NYC087-082145-
/O.CON.KOKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120908T2145Z/
ROCKLAND NY-
534 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR ROCKLAND
COUNTY...
AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR WEST NYACK...OR NEAR NANUET...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UPPER
NYACK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4120 7393 4115 7389 4105 7389 4103 7394
4110 7405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 246DEG 44KT 4109 7393
$$
GOODMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 10:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Westchester | 119 min |
| Sep 8, 10:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 16 min | |
| Sep 8, 10:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 118 min |
| Sep 8, 10:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 25 min | |
| Sep 8, 10:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 11:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 11:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 11:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Westchester | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 18 min |
| Sep 8, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 65 min |
| Sep 8, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 81 min |
| Sep 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Richmond, Rockland | 84 min |
| Sep 8, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more | 86 min |
| Sep 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 92 min | |
| Sep 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 60 min |
| Sep 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 61 min | |
| Sep 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 58 min | |
| Sep 8, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 54 min |
| Sep 8, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.