Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS New York, NY

Issued

May 13, 2000, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)

Expired

May 13, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Whole counties

County Queens County, NY

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WUUS51 KOKX 140121
SVRNYC
NJC017-NYC061-081-140145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
921 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
     EASTERN HUDSON...

  IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE...
     QUEENS...
     NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

* AT 921 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF HOBOKEN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* BASED ON THIS MOVEMENT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE IN
  THE VICINITY OF...
  LAGUARDIA AIRPORT AROUND 925 PM EDT...

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

$$

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN UPTON NY.

NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 13, 2:30 PM EDT, 6 hours 51 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
230 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2000

DISC: SFC PLOT SHOWS THERE STILL IS SOME COLD AIR DAMMING SITTING
OVR THE RGN ATTM. WMFNT IS SLOWLY SNAKING ITS WAY THRU SRN NJ AND
INTO ERN PA. BEHIND THE FNT TEMPS HAVE JUMPED WL INTO THE MID AND
UPR 70S. SOME LOCATIONS ARE RPTNG LWR 80S WITH DP IN THE MID 60S.

BOTH SAT AND RADAR PIX SHOWS THAT THE CONVECTION IS BREAKING OUT
JUST TO THE W OF THE WMFNT. NEW MOSAIC RADAR LOOP HAS SOME TSTM
ACTIVITY DVLPNG OVR NRN PA SW OF BGM/ELM. MOVMNT OF THE CELLS ARE
ARND 260/30-40KT. NEW BUFKIT SHOWS THAT OUR LOCAL AREA SHD BREAK THE
CAP ARND 19-20Z. IF THIS IS TRUE WE STL CUD GET INTO THE STRG/SVR
TSTMS FOR A FEW HRS. OUR LATEST WND VAD SHOWS THAT SOME MID LVL
COOLING IS BEGINNING TO DVLP OVRHEAD.

ALL MODELS SHOWS THAT THERE IS SOME WAA TAKING PLACE AT H8 AND THERE
IS AN OMEGA FIELD THAT WLL MOVE THRU THE RGN ARND 00Z. CURRENT SFC
OBS SHOWS THAT WE ARE STRNG TO BREAK OUT FRM THE LWR DECK AND ONLY
SOME SCT AND AC. THIS WL LET THE TEMPS GO INTO THE 70S. LI/S ARE
STILL IN THE -2/-3 RANGE AND WITH A STRNG TSTM POP CAN NOT RULE OUT
THE POT FOR A COUPLE OF STRG/SVR CELLS TO MOVE THRU.

WL ADD A THROUGH THIS EVE PORTION AND MENTION SHWRS/TSTMS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. ALL MODELS SHOWS THAT THE CDFNT SHD
ARRIVE ARND 03-06Z. AVN HAS A LRG AMOUNT OF QPF COMING THRU WITH THE
FNT. THIS IS NOT BAD AS LOOKING AT THE PW BUFKIT HAS US ARND 1.5IN.
SO...SOME OF THE TSTMS/SHWRS MAY BE HVY AT TIMES. WL JUST SAY SOME
WITH STRG GUSTY WINDS AND HVY DOWNPOURS.

ONCE FNT MOVES E OF THE ARE HI PRES BEGINS TO MOVE IN AND REST OF
FCST PD LKS GD.

MARINE...NO PROBLMS...WNDS/WVS XPCTD TO RMN BLO SCA.

.OKX...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.