Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2008, 2:28 PM EDT for Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey; Orange County, Rockland County, New York. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2008, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Rockland County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KOKX 081828
SVROKX
NJC003-031-NYC071-087-081900-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0013.080608T1828Z-080608T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
228 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
* AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WEST MILFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RINGWOOD BY 240 PM...
SLOATSBURG BY 245 PM...
SUFFERN BY 250 PM...
RAMSEY BY 255 PM...
MONSEY...NANUET...PEARL RIVER AND 7 MILES NORTH OF RIDGEWOOD BY 300
PM...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4110 7448 4119 7438 4123 7445 4126 7444
4115 7390 4093 7400 4108 7449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 289DEG 26KT 4115 7436
$$
DSW1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KOKX 081854
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
254 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
NJC003-031-NYC071-087-081904-
/O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080608T1900Z/
BERGEN NJ-ORANGE NY-ROCKLAND NY-PASSAIC NJ-
254 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PASSAIC...ROCKLAND...SOUTH
CENTRAL ORANGE AND NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM
EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4110 7448 4119 7438 4123 7445 4126 7444
4115 7390 4093 7400 4108 7449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 289DEG 26KT 4109 7412
$$
DSWThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:51 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | OKX | Hudson, Passaic | 38 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 45 min | |
| Jun 8, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 49 min | |
| Jun 8, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 31 min | |
| Jun 8, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 20 min |
| Jun 8, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 38 min | |
| Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 48 min | |
| Jun 8, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 60 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 43 min | |
| Jun 8, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Queens | 21 min |
| Jun 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 45 min |
Nearby
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Sources
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.