Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS New York, NY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
235 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990   ...CORRECTED FOR DATE...

...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY POP UP THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 230 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
WAS NOTED OVER ROCKLAND COUNTY NEW YORK AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD
ALONG THE NEW JERSEY BORDER TOWARD WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

AN EARLIER STORM OVER ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK HAD BLOWN SOME TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN...SO IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU THIS AFTERNOON
BE AWARE THAT IT COULD CONTAIN BRIEF BUT GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 OR 45
MILES AN HOUR...D#ANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DICTATE.

JRP

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
250 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990

AT 240 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT FROM DANBURY TO REDDING.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.  NEWTOWN TO MONROE
SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE THE SHY DARKEN TO THE WEST SOON AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS FAIRFIELD COUNTY.  ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS WAS STILL IN SOUTHEASTERN
NEW YORK.  THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE CONNECTICUT
STATE LINE AROUND GREENWICH...STAMFORD AND NEW CANAAN BETWEEN 330 AND
4 PM.

HAZZARD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
250 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990

AT 240 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT FROM DANBURY TO REDDING.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  NEWTOWN TO MONROE
SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE THE SHY DARKEN TO THE WEST SOON AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS FAIRFIELD COUNTY.  ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS WAS STILL IN SOUTHEASTERN
NEW YORK.  THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE CONNECTICUT
STATE LINE AROUND GREENWICH...STAMFORD AND NEW CANAAN BETWEEN 330 AND
4 PM.

HAZZARD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SPECIAL MARINE STATEMENT
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
305 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990

...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ACROSS THE AREA...

AT 305 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER THE
RIVERDALE SECTION OF THE BRONX IN NEW YORK CITY AND BERGEN COUNTY IN
NEW JERSEY.

THIS WAS THE SAME THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WHICH PRODUCED FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH IN ROCKLAND COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE REST OF NEW YORK CITY AND THE NEARBY
COASTAL WATERS SURROUNDING NEW YORK CITY DURING THIS NEXT HOUR.

 ALL PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THEY SEE THREATENING
WEATHER.  MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE HARBORING AT THE FIRST
SIGHT OF THREATENING WEATHE=R.

TFG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
342 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990

AT 340 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN MOVED SOUTHEAST OF GREENWICH CONNECTICUT INTO LONG ISLAND SOUND AND
THE NORTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND.  THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

JUST SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT.  A LIGHT RAINSHOWER WAS REPORTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE BRIDGEPORT LOCATED AT SIKORSKY AIRPORT.
A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM...POSSIBLY WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

HAZZARD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
330 PM EDT MON AUG 27 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ACROSS THE AREA...

AT 330 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER THE
SOUTHERN SECTION OF QUEENS COUNTY NEAR JFK AIRPOT. OTHER THUNDERTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER SUSSEX...AND MORRIES COUNTIS OF
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

THERE WERE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
OVER BUCKS COUNTY. THIS COMPLEX OF THUNERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO HUNTERDON
AMD SOMMERSET COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WERE OVER THE NEW YORK CITY AREA AND SURROUNDING NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY AREA AND COASTAL SECTIONS.
ALL PERSONS IN THE EFFECTED AREAS SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
THREATNING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED.

MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.

GSK