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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS New York, NY

November 13, 2021Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 13, 2021, 2:22 PM EST for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It was in force for 38 min. 10 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
Nov 13, 2021, 2:22 PM EST (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 13, 2:30 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Woodmere, NYTREES DOWN IN WOODMERE ON WOODMERE BLVD BETWEEN CENTRAL AVE AND BROADWAY.
Nov 13, 2:35 PM ESTHAIL 0.75Bellerose, NY
Nov 13, 2:37 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Woodmere, NYCORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 SE WOODMERE. TREES DOWN IN WOODMERE ON WOODMERE BLVD BETWEEN CENTRAL AVE AND BROADWAY.
Nov 13, 2:37 PM ESTTORNADO1 Se Woodmere, NYEF-0 WITH 85 MPH WINDS CONFIRMED IN WOODMERE WITH SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Nov 13, 2:47 PM ESTTORNADOUniondale, NYEF-0 WITH 85 MPH WINDS CONFIRMED IN UNIONDALE WITH ROOF TORN OFF HOME ON LIBERTY ST.
Nov 13, 2:50 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 E East Meadow, NYTREE SNAPPED IN HALF, LANDED ON NEIGHBORS HOUSE ON 2ND AVE.
Nov 13, 2:50 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 N Levittown, NYDOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR TULIP LANE IN LEVITTOWN.
Nov 13, 2:50 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Levittown, NYLARGE TREE DOWN ON CAR ON HILLTOP ROAD IN LEVITTOWN.
Nov 13, 2:50 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGLevittown, NYLARGE TREE DOWN ON HOUSE IN LEVITTOWN.
Nov 13, 2:50 PM ESTHAIL 1.51 Nw Uniondale, NY

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 13, 12:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

004 
WUUS51 KOKX 131922
SVROKX
NYC047-059-081-132000-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0085.211113T1922Z-211113T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service New York NY
222 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Queens County in southeastern New York...
  Kings County in southeastern New York...
  Nassau County in southeastern New York...

* Until 300 PM EST.

* At 221 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Forest Hills,
  or over Flushing, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Jamaica, Flatbush, Flushing, Levittown, Freeport, Valley Stream,
  Long Beach, Glen Cove, Garden City, Lynbrook, Mineola, Woodmere,
  Westbury, Rockaway Beach and Great Neck.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4064 7396 4078 7384 4081 7381 4081 7378
      4085 7375 4088 7371 4086 7366 4091 7364
      4092 7360 4059 7345 4056 7388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 216DEG 29KT 4074 7383 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JC
1 follow-up statement
478 
WWUS51 KOKX 131958
SVSOKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
258 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

NYC047-059-081-132007-
/O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-211113T2000Z/
Queens NY-Kings NY-Nassau NY-
258 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR QUEENS...KINGS AND NASSAU
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM EST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning is moving out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for
southeastern New York.

LAT...LON 4064 7396 4078 7384 4081 7381 4081 7378
      4085 7375 4088 7371 4086 7366 4091 7364
      4092 7360 4059 7345 4056 7388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 216DEG 29KT 4097 7361 

$$

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 12:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange88 min
Nov 13, 1:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange47 min
Nov 13, 1:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester49 min
Nov 13, 1:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond42 min
Nov 13, 1:54 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningOKX96 min
Nov 13, 2:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementOKXPutnam49 min
Nov 13, 2:47 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningOKX58 min
Nov 13, 2:53 PM ESTTornado WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk37 min
Nov 13, 2:59 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningOKX61 min
Nov 13, 3:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk57 min
Nov 13, 3:20 PM ESTTornado WarningOKXSuffolk25 min
Nov 13, 3:36 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningOKX54 min
Nov 13, 3:40 PM ESTTornado WarningOKXSuffolk24 min
Nov 13, 3:54 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningOKX66 min
Nov 13, 3:57 PM ESTTornado WarningOKXSuffolk18 min
Nov 13, 4:07 PM ESTTornado WarningOKXSuffolk23 min
Nov 13, 4:11 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningOKX47 min
Nov 13, 4:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk27 min
Nov 13, 4:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk30 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.