Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 6, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2012, 10:55 AM EDT for Kings County, Queens County, New York. It was in force for 35 min. 5 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, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 10:58 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Breezy Point, NY | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT SURF SHOP IN BREEZY POINT. REPORTED BY FDNY. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Sep 8, 10:58 AM EDT | TORNADO | Breezy Point, NY | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT SURF SHOP IN BREEZY POINT. REPORTED BY FDNY. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Sep 8, 11:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Breezy Point, NY | FDNY REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN BREEZY POINT. POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND CARS MOVED. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Sep 8, 11:00 AM EDT | TORNADO | Breezy Point, NY | FDNY REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN BREEZY POINT. POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND CARS MOVED. 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
968
WFUS51 KOKX 081455
TOROKX
NYC047-081-081530-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0006.120908T1455Z-120908T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1055 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 1130 AM EDT...
* AT 1054 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
ROCKAWAY BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHEEPSHEAD BAY...CANARSIE...HOWARD BEACH...KENNEDY AIRPORT...OZONE
PARK...FOREST HILLS...JAMAICA...LITTLE NECK...CLEARVIEW
EXPRESSWAY...WHITESTONE...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.
&&
LAT...LON 4057 7394 4057 7396 4080 7385 4081 7381
4079 7377 4078 7376 4075 7370 4073 7371
4072 7373 4067 7372 4056 7386 4054 7394
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 207DEG 21KT 4055 7393
$$
GOODMAN2 follow-up statements
870
WWUS51 KOKX 081512
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1112 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NYC047-081-081530-
/O.CON.KOKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120908T1530Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-QUEENS NY-
1112 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR QUEENS
AND KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTIES...
AT 1111 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CANARSIE...OR NEAR FLATBUSH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOWARD
BEACH...OZONE PARK...FOREST HILLS...JAMAICA...LITTLE NECK...CLEARVIEW
EXPRESSWAY...WHITESTONE...FLUSHING AND BAYSIDE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
&&
LAT...LON 4061 7386 4063 7391 4080 7385 4081 7382
4080 7379 4075 7370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 207DEG 21KT 4064 7387
$$
GOODMAN724
WWUS51 KOKX 081528
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1128 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NYC047-081-081538-
/O.EXP.KOKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120908T1530Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-QUEENS NY-
1128 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR QUEENS AND KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1130 AM EDT...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO.
LAT...LON 4061 7386 4063 7391 4080 7385 4081 7382
4080 7379 4075 7370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 207DEG 21KT 4072 7381
$$
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, 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.