Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS New York, NY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
310 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 1986

 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FAIRFIELD NEW HAVEN AND
MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...

315 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN THE DANBURY AREA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MOVING
THROUGH NEW YORK STATE TOWARD CONNECTICUT AT ABOUT 30 MPH. SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.
PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON ALERT AND BE READY TO
TAKE SHELTER AS ALSO SHOULD PERSONS ALONG AND ON THE LONG ISLAND SOUND.

HAZZARD


SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWARK NJ
500 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 1986

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM RINGWOOD BORO..PASSAIC COUNTY..NEW JERSEY
OF OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS
NOW MOVING OUT OF THE AREA AND INTO WESTERN BERGEN COUNTY

URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY IF THIS EXCESSIVE RAIN OCCURRED IN ANY
METROPOLITAN AREA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS AREA CLOSELY FOR
POSSIBLE FUTURE SMA[LL STREAM FLOODING SINCE THERE IS ANOTHER AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHERN NEW JERSEY FROM
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AT THIS TIME.

WOODWORTH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
615 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 1986

 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FAIRFIELD NEW HAVEN AND
MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS SATURDAY EVENING..

615 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE THROUGHOUT FAIRFIELD COUNTY
AND WERE MOVING INTO NEW HAVEN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS
WAS FALLING IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. THIS AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST ABOUT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN
FAIRFIELD NEW HAVEN AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES COULD HAVE CONDITIONS WERE
THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE GUSTY WINDS HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND EVEN SMALL
HAIL ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
CONDITIONS STI~LL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO AND T.V.
STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HAZZARD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
811 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 1986

 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR FAIRFIELD NEW HAVEN AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT
THAT WAS ISSUED AT 2 PM EDT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND EVEN A THUNDERSTORM MAY STILL BE WITH US
OVERNIGHT HOWEVER AS OF 830 PM NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING REPORTED
IN THE FORECAST AREA.

HAZZARD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
840 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 1986

...DO NOT USE AFTER 10 PM EDT...

A BAND OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM WESTERN ROCKLAND
COUNTY IN NEW YORK STATE SOUTHWARD THROUGH AND INCLUDING THE
FOLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY WESTERN BERGEN..PASSAIC..MORRIS
AND SOMERSET.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG WIND GUSTS AND MAYBE HAIL. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST
NEW JERSEY AND INTO WESTCHESTER COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THEY
MAY ENTER THE CITY SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

ANOTHER CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE WORKING THEIR
WAY THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY IN WESTERN ATLANTIC AND CUMBERLAND
COUNTIES.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM MARYLAND NORTHEAST
TO NEAR BOSTON. UP TO THIS POINT THE BULK OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE BEEN PASSING JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CITY.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

TJG