Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS New York, NY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
400 PM EDT MON JUL 10 1989

...THUNDERSTORM SAFETY TIPS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION STAY ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER...IN A BUILDING OR VEHICLE...
IF THE SKY BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING.

IF YOU ARE IN A BUILDING MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE EXCEPT DURING
EMERGENCIES. LIGHTNING CURRENT CAN TRAVEL THROUGH PHONE LINES INTO
RECEIVERS.

IF IN A VEHICLE (NOT A CONVERTIBLE) DO NOT TOUCH METAL PARTS. THE
VEHICLE WILL CONDUCT THE LIGHTNING HARMLESSLY AROUND YOU...INTO THE
GROUND. IT IS A MISCONCEPTION THAT RUBBER TIRES PROVIDE PROTECTION.
THE POWERFUL VOLTAGE IN LIGHTNING EASILY JUMPS FROM RIM TO GROUND...
ESPECIALLY WHEN TIRES ARE WET. GROUNDING IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS AND ARE UNABLE TO REACH A SAFE BUILDING
OR VEHICLE FOLLOW THESE RULES:

DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A LONE TREE IN A WIDE-OPEN AREA. ISOLATED
TREES...PARTICULARLY TALL ONES...ARE NATURAL LIGHTNING RODS.

AVOID PROJECTING YOURSELF ABOVE THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE...SUCH AS
STANDING ON A HILLTOP...IN AN OPEN FIELD...ON THE BEACH...OR FISHING
FROM A SMALL BOAT.

GET OUT OF AND AWAY FROM OPEN WATER. IF YOU ARE SWIMMING LIGHTNING
CURRENT FROM A NEARBY STROKE CAN FLOW THROUGH THE WATER TO YOU.

GET AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS - WIRE FENCES...CLOTHESLINES...METAL
PIPES...RAILS...FARM EQUIPMENT...AND OTHER METALLIC PATHS WHICH COULD
CARRY LIGHTNING TO YOU FROM SOME DISTANCE AWAY.

GET OFF OF AND AWAY FROM MOTORCYCLES...BICYCLES...AND GOLF CARTS. PUT
DOWN GOLF CLUBS.

IF ISOLATED IN A FIELD AND YOU FEEL YOUR HAIR STAND ON END...IT MEANS
LIGHTNING IS ABOUT TO STRIKE. DROP TO YOUR KNEES AND BEND FORWARD...
PUTTING YOUR HANDS ON YOUR KNEES. IN THIS POSITION YOU ARE MAINTAINING
A LOW PROFILE AND KEEPING AS LITTLE OF YOUR BODY IN CONTACT WITH THE
GROUND AS POSSIBLE. SINCE YOU WANT AS LITTLE OF YOUR BODY AS POSSIBLE
IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND...IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED THAT YOU LIE FLAT
ON THE GROUND.

GROUPS IN EXPOSED SITUATIONS...SUCH AS HIKERS OR BASEBALL PLAYERS...
SHOULD SPREAD OUT SO THAT IF LIGHTNING STRIKES NEARBY THE SMALLEST
NUMBER WILL BE AFFECTED.

FINALLY THE HEAVY RAINS ACCOMPANYING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FLOOD
ROADWAYS QUICKLY. AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVEERS THE ROAD.

IN SUMMARY THEN...IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM (OR ANY THUNDERSTORM FOR
THAT MATTER) THREATENS...SEEK SHELTER...STAY AWAY FROM WATER...AND
STAY AWAY FROM METAL.

EY

^BOSSPSBDR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
430   PM  EDT  MON  JUL  10  1989

 .......A SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF COASTAL CONNECTICUT  INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS AND AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN  CONNECTICUT AND MOVING  RAPIDLY TO THE
SOUTHEAST.

PERSONS LIVING IN FAIRFIELD...NEW HAVEN AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES SHOULD
BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK  SHELTER UNTIL THE THREATENING WEATHER LEAVES
YOUR AREAS.
STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FOR  ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR  WARNING AS NEEDED.
WALKER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
430 PM EDT MON JUL 10 1989

...DO NOT USE AFTER 6 PM EDT...

A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING NEW YORK
CITY AND LONG ISLAND

RADAR SHOWED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO LITCHFIELD COUNTY
IN WESTERN CONNECTICUT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY RAPIDLY AT ABOUT 63
MILES AN HOUR AND HAS ALREADY PRODUCED LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND
LIGHTNING.

SEVERAL OTHER STORMS SOME INTENSE WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK STATE EXTENDING FROM WEST TO EAST NEAR BINGHAMTON THROUGH DELAWARE
GREENE AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES..INTO WESTERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF
MASSACHUSETTS..AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.
A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED OVER RHODE ISLAND AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THESE STORMS TAKE SHELTER IN A
SAFE PLtACE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD BETWEEN 55 AND 65 AN
HOUR.

MJW