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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New York, NY

June 8, 2008Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey; Orange County, Rockland County, New York

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

DSW
1 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

$$

DSW

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 4:51 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryOKXHudson, Passaic38 hr
Jun 7, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester32 min
Jun 7, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX45 min
Jun 8, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX49 min
Jun 8, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX31 min
Jun 8, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester20 min
Jun 8, 4:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXRockland, Westchester33 min
Jun 8, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX38 min
Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk54 min
Jun 8, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX48 min
Jun 8, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk32 min
Jun 8, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX60 min
Jun 8, 6:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens27 min
Jun 8, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk44 min
Jun 8, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX43 min
Jun 8, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXQueens21 min
Jun 8, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX45 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.