Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION
EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW YORK..NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1000 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 1987

A STRONG COLD FRONT LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE COAST TONIGHT. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE COOLER
AND DRIER CANADIAN AIR WILL USHER INTO OUR REGION ON NORTHWESTERLY
WINDS.

HOWEVER..BEFORE THIS HAPPENS WE WILL HAVE TO ENDURE YET ANOTHER DAY OF
UNCOMFORTABLE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH THE LIKELY THREAT OF VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE MUGGY AND
UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION AND ESPECIALLY IN THE
FRONTAL ZONE WHERE THIS AIR CLASHES WITH THE COOLER CANADIAN AIRMASS.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY
WINDS..POSSIBLE HAIL..AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THE THREAT SHOULD END SHORTLY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE WHICH IS CURRENTLY
FORECAST TOe OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT FOR THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN
AREA. THE COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL THEN COVER OUR REGION FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK GRADUALLY BECOMING WARMER FOR THE WEEKEND.

RS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY
1230 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1987

...DO NOT USE AFTER 2 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER MUCH OF INLAND CENTRAL AND
EASTERN NEW YORK AS WELL AS PART OF VERMONT UNTIL 9 PM EDT.
WEATHER RADAR IN NEW YORK CITY SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS SOUTH THRU EAST AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TO
MARYLAND AND NORTHERN DELAWARE. THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDER
STORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND AS FAR EAST AS THE WATERS
SOUTH OF MONTAUK AND PARTS OF CONNECTICUT MASSACHUSETTS AND VERMONT.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE VERY HEAVY...WITH THE STRONGEST ONES
IN THE CATSKILLS EAST OF DELHI...IN THE POCONOS SOUTH OF TOBYHANNA...
AND SOUTHWEST OF POTTSVILLE.
MOVEMENT IS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH LOCAL
FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS.
END/TCM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY
130 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...ALL OF
NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...

WEATHER RADAR IN NEW YORK CITY SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE
ADIRONDACKS AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE SOUTH THROUGH NORTHWEST JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. THERE WERE ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE IN NEW JERSEY AND IN CONNECTICUT AS
WELL AS OUT OVER THE OCEAN FOR OVER 100 MILES.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM EAST OF SCRANTON ACROSS THE
POCONOS TO HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH LOCAL FLOODING IN POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.

LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATES FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...DO NOT
STAND UNDERNEATH A NATURAL LIGHTNING ROD SUCH AS A TALL ISOLATED TREE
OR TELEPHONE POLE. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

IF CAUGHT IN A TORRIENTIAL DOWNPOUR...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE...PULL
OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS.

TCM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
215 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HUNTERDON...WARREN...SUSSEX...
MORRIS...SOMERSET COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY...

AT 215 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HUNTERDON...WARREN AND SUSSEX COUNTIES OF
NEW JERSEY.  STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

DURING THE NEXT HOUR THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MORRIS AND
SUMERSET COUNTIES.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL MAY
OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY CAUSE STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING.

CC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NY
230 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...ALL OF
NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...

AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
NEW YORK MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF THE POUGHKEEPSIE AREA...EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN..WESTERN..AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHEASTERN
MARYLAND AND NORTHERN DELAWARE...

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SUSSEX COUNTY OF NORTHWEST
NEW JERSEY..GLOUCESTER OF SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY AS WELL AS OVER MONROE
AND NORTHHAMPTON OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH LOCAL FLOODING IN POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.

LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATES FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...DO NOT
STAND UNDERNEATH A NATURAL LIGHTNING ROD SUCH AS A TALL ISOLATED TREE
OR TELEPHONE POLE. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

IF CAUGHT IN A TORRIENTIAL DOWNPOUR...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE...PULL
OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS.

END/STALKER