Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS New York, NY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
325 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA...

...SPRINGTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE HEADING TOWARD THE
COAST...

A COLD FRONT WHICH DIVIDED QUITE WARM AIR ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD
FROM COOL AIR OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND MIDWEST WAS HEADING SLOWLY
TOWARD THE COAST. THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 81 DEGREES AT CENTRAL PARK
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE CLOUDS PARTED FOR AWHILE. TEMPERATURES OVER
MICHIGAN WERE IN THE 40S.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN
OHIO VALLEY AND WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY EASTWARD AS WE APPROACH SUNSET.
THUNDERSTORMS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA WERE QUITE ACTIVE AND
LOTS OF LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS
FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO WATCH THE SKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS...AND GET INSIDE A GOOD SHELTER
AT THE FIRST SIGN OF APPROACHING STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCAL ROAD FLOODING.

RAIN IS LIKELY SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES TO
AND SLOWLY PAST THE COAST. OUTDOOR CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE
FAVORED THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE COOL ONCE A NORTH OR
NORTHEAST FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED SATURDAY.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

JRP

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
325 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN
AREA UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT...

NEW YORK CITY RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.  OTHER POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
IN SOUTHERN BRADFORD COUNTY ALSO IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY...THE HUDSON VALLEY...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTH CENTRAL
CONNECTICUT IN THE VICINITY OF NEW HAVEN EXTENDING SOUTH OVER LONG
ISLAND SOUND AND OVER THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND.  LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
WERE ALSO SCATTERED OVER THE OCEAN 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY AND
25 MILES EAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY.

THE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
MIESELL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
425 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

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

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN
AREA UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT...

AT 425 PM RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BORDER OF WAYNE
AND LACKAWANNA COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IT WAS MOVING SOUTH
AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR BALTIMORE MARYLAND
NORTHWARD TO NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. OTHER LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE
SCATTERED OVER MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND
OVER THE OCEAN UP TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

IFC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
525 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 7 PM EDT...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN
AREA UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT...

AT 525 PM RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
OVER MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS OVER
SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COVERED SOUTHEAST NEW YORK FROM
DUTCHESS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO ORANGE COUNTY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE HARRISBURG REGION NORTHEAST TO SUSQUEHANNA AND
PIKE COUNTIES...SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NORTHWEST DELAWARE.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

IFC