Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 5, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2012, 10:34 AM EDT for Kings County, Queens County, New York. It was in force for 26 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
- Sep 8, 2012, 10:34 AM EDT (14:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 10:38 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Flatbush, NY | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN FLATBUSH. POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Sep 8, 11:05 AM EDT | TORNADO | Canarsie, NY | SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED BETWEEN SEAVIEW AVE AND AVE N BETWEEN 93RD AND 94TH ST. SEVERAL LARGE TREES DAMAGED IN CANARSIE PARK AS WELL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
874
WFUS51 KOKX 081434
TOROKX
NYC047-081-081500-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0005.120908T1434Z-120908T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1034 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...
* AT 1033 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SHEEPSHEAD
BAY...OR NEAR FLATBUSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANARSIE...CROWN HEIGHTS...HOWARD BEACH...OZONE PARK...FOREST
HILLS...JAMAICA...LITTLE NECK...CLEARVIEW EXPRESSWAY...
WHITESTONE...JACKSON HEIGHTS...FLUSHING AND BAYSIDE
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 4057 7394 4058 7400 4079 7388 4081 7383
4080 7377 4078 7376 4078 7374 4076 7371
4074 7372 4055 7389 4055 7391
TIME...MOT...LOC 1434Z 208DEG 20KT 4062 7392
$$
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, 10:47 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, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Rockland | 29 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.