Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 5, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2018, 4:12 PM EDT for Rockland County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 33 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
- Oct 2, 2018, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 4:14 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Wsw Cedar Flats, NY | STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO NEAR STONY POINT WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 100 MPH, A 100 YARD PATH WIDTH, AND A PATH LENGTH OF 1.52 MILES. |
| Oct 2, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stony Point, NY | TREES DOWN ON WILDERNESS DRIVE |
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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
688
WFUS51 KOKX 022012
TOROKX
NYC087-119-022045-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0005.181002T2012Z-181002T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service New York NY
412 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Westchester County in southeastern New York...
Rockland County in southeastern New York...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 412 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pomona, or 7 miles northwest of Haverstraw, moving
east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Peekskill around 445 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4119 7384 4119 7412 4122 7412 4132 7399
4133 7385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 259DEG 14KT 4125 7407
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Goodman1 follow-up statement
666
WWUS51 KOKX 022031
SVSOKX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
431 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
NYC087-119-022045-
/O.CON.KOKX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-181002T2045Z/
Westchester NY-Rockland NY-
431 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
WESTCHESTER AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...
At 431 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Haverstraw, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Peekskill, Stony Point, West Haverstraw, Croton-on-Hudson, Mount Ivy,
Thiells and Buchanan.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4119 7384 4119 7403 4124 7403 4129 7395
4132 7385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 273DEG 15KT 4123 7392
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
GoodmanThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 63 min |
| Oct 2, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 39 min |
| Oct 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 60 min |
| Oct 2, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Westchester | 32 min |
| Oct 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 28 min | |
| Oct 2, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 63 min |
| Oct 2, 6:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 47 min |
| Oct 2, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland, Westchester | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 31 min | |
| Oct 2, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 50 min | |
| Oct 2, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 24 min |
| Oct 2, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 47 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.