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Tornado Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

September 13, 2022Kings County, Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2022, 4:35 AM EDT for Kings County, Queens County, New York. It was in force for 10 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 13, 2022, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2022, 4:45 AM EDT
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 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.

256 
WFUS51 KOKX 130835
TOROKX
NYC047-081-130900-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0002.220913T0835Z-220913T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service New York NY
435 AM EDT Tue Sep 13 2022

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Queens County in southeastern New York...
  Kings County in southeastern New York...

* Until 500 AM EDT.
    
* At 434 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located just south of Coney Island, moving east at 20 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...
  Rockaway Beach around 500 AM 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, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

If on or near Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay, get away from the water and
move to safe shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are
close enough to be struck by lightning. Severe thunderstorms can
produce large capsizing waves, even on small bodies of water. Move
into dock and seek safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in
a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4054 7394 4056 7395 4056 7401 4057 7402
      4061 7379 4056 7380 4054 7387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0834Z 262DEG 17KT 4056 7399 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Goodman

1 follow-up statement

731 
WWUS51 KOKX 130845
SVSOKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
445 AM EDT Tue Sep 13 2022

NYC047-081-130853-
/O.CAN.KOKX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220913T0900Z/
Queens NY-Kings NY-
445 AM EDT Tue Sep 13 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR QUEENS AND KINGS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened and no longer 
appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning has 
been cancelled. Gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with 
this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4054 7394 4056 7395 4056 7401 4057 7402
      4061 7379 4056 7380 4054 7387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 262DEG 17KT 4057 7393 

$$

Goodman

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 13, 12:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Kings, New York, Richmond	3 hr
Sep 13, 12:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens	3 hr
Sep 13, 3:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Westchester	3 hr
Sep 13, 4:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Richmond	2 hr
Sep 13, 4:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond	117 min
Sep 13, 4:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		11 min
Sep 13, 4:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Nassau, Queens	51 min
Sep 13, 5:21 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Nassau, Queens	2 hr
Sep 13, 6:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	3 hr
Sep 13, 8:07 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	OKX	Nassau	5 hr
Sep 13, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Westchester	34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.