Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2008, 10:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 51 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2008, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, New York County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 10:18 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | |
| Jul 23, 10:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Hackensack, NJ | |
| Jul 23, 10:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Bergenfield, NJ | |
| Jul 23, 10:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kearny, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN CAUSING STRUCTURE FIRE |
| Jul 23, 10:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Fort Lee, NJ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 26 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KOKX 240209
SVROKX
NJC003-013-017-031-NYC005-061-087-119-240300-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0072.080724T0209Z-080724T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1009 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
EASTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
EASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
* AT 1005 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
SECAUCUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RIDGEFIELD AND TETERBORO BY 1015 PM...
HACKENSACK...FORT LEE...MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS AND HARLEM BY 1020
PM...
ENGLEWOOD...BERGENFIELD...RIVERDALE AND ORADELL BY 1025 PM...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM THURSDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4077 7424 4113 7406 4111 7372 4110 7372
4106 7370 4069 7402 4069 7404 4068 7405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 212DEG 29KT 4080 7407
$$
JMC3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KOKX 240230
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1030 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
NJC013-017-031-NYC061-240239-
/O.CAN.KOKX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080724T0300Z/
HUDSON NJ-ESSEX NJ-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-PASSAIC NJ-
1029 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PASSAIC...NEW YORK
(MANHATTAN)...EAST CENTRAL ESSEX AND HUDSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM THURSDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4113 7406 4111 7372 4109 7372 4106 7370
4088 7387 4091 7413 4092 7414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 208DEG 31KT 4098 7397
$$
NJC003-NYC005-087-119-240300-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080724T0300Z/
BERGEN NJ-ROCKLAND NY-BRONX NY-WESTCHESTER NY-
1029 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR WESTCHESTER...BRONX...ROCKLAND AND CENTRAL BERGEN COUNTIES...
AT 1028 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLOSTER...OR NEAR BERGENFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHVALE...TAPPAN...ROCKLEIGH AND DOBBS FERRY BY 1035 PM...
GRAND VIEW-ON-HUDSON...SOUTH NYACK...PIERMONT AND ORANGEBURG BY
1040 PM...
NYACK AND NORTH TARRYTOWN BY 1045 PM...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM THURSDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4113 7406 4111 7372 4109 7372 4106 7370
4088 7387 4091 7413 4092 7414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 208DEG 31KT 4098 7397
$$
JMC000
WWUS51 KOKX 240244
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1044 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
NJC003-NYC005-240254-
/O.CAN.KOKX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080724T0300Z/
BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-
1044 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BRONX AND CENTRAL BERGEN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS EXITED THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM THURSDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4113 7406 4111 7372 4110 7372 4106 7370
4101 7377 4105 7404 4106 7407 4107 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 208DEG 31KT 4109 7389
$$
NYC087-119-240300-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080724T0300Z/
ROCKLAND NY-WESTCHESTER NY-
1044 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR WESTCHESTER AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...
AT 1042 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH NYACK...OR NEAR NYACK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HAWTHORNE AND THORNWOOD BY 1050 PM...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM THURSDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4113 7406 4111 7372 4110 7372 4106 7370
4101 7377 4105 7404 4106 7407 4107 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 208DEG 31KT 4109 7389
$$
JMC000
WWUS51 KOKX 240252
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1052 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
NYC087-119-240301-
/O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080724T0300Z/
ROCKLAND NY-WESTCHESTER NY-
1051 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTCHESTER AND ROCKLAND
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM EDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED AS
THIS STORM DEPARTS THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM THURSDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4113 7406 4111 7372 4110 7372 4106 7370
4101 7377 4105 7404 4106 7407 4107 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 208DEG 31KT 4114 7385
$$
JMCWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 7:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 7:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
757 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE TRI-STATE AREA
THIS EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN ADVANCE OF
IT. THE FRONT WILL THEN SLOWLY PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY
WITH HEAVY..POTENTIALLY FLOODING...RAINFALL. DRY WEATHER RETURNS AS
THE FRONT WILL BE EAST OF THE REGION BY FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT/...
HAVE TO BE SHORT TODAY DUE TO DIVERSE WX EVENT.
DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER...ATMOSPHERE VERY UNSTABLE WITH 1000-1500
J/KG OF ML CAPE. THE MOST UNSTABLE AREA IS OVER CENTRAL NJ WHERE
TEMPS ARE NOW APPROACHING 90.
SHEAR IS VERY IMPRESSIVE AND THE THREAT FOR TORNADIC STORMS IS
HIGH AS 0-1 KM HELICITY IS NEAR 150 M2/S2. LCL HEIGHT IS
LOW...WHICH IS ANOTHER CLASSIC TORNADO INDICATOR.
SVR WATCH OUT UNTIL 02Z FOR ENTIRE AREA. STORMS OVER EASTERN LI
AND SE CT WERE PULSE IN NATURE WITH ELEVATED CORES WITH WEAK
ROTATION. EXPECT STORMS COMING OUT OF NJ TO HAVE BETTER ROTATION.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
FOLLOWED GFS SOLUTION HERE BASED ON RECOMMENDATION FROM HPC.
LOOKS LIKE HEAVIEST PCPN FOCUS IN ON THE AM IN THE NYC METRO AS
FRONT PRESSES A LITTLE FAST TO THE EAST THAN PREVIOUSLY
ANTICIPATED.
HAVE ADDED ALL AREAS TO THE FLOOD WATCH AND SPLIT UP THE END
TIMES.
SEE HYDRO SECTION BELOW.
HAVE GONE WITH COOLER ETA/FWC MOS FOR TEMPS ON THURSDAY.
PROBABLY A LITTLE SLOW IN ENDING THE PCPN THURSDAY NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LONG TERM. CONUS
PATTERN WILL CONSIST OF TROUGHING IN THE NW AND NE WITH RIDGING IN
THE CENTER PART OF THE COUNTRY.
CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL LIFT INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA WITH COLD FRONT
EXPECTED TO BE JUST EAST OF THE AREA BY FRI MORNING. DRY CONDITIONS
RETURN ON FRI...BUT MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE FORECASTING THE UPPER
SYSTEM TO BECOME ABSORBED INTO ANOTHER LONG WAVE TROUGH DROPPING OUT
OF CENTRAL CANADA THIS WEEKEND. THIS TOO IS FORECAST TO CLOSE OFF
ALOFT WITH A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHING SAT NIGHT AND SUN. FRONT
WILL CLEAR THE AREA ON MON...BUT UPPER TROUGH WITH VORT MAXES
SWINGING THROUGH FROM TIME TO TIME WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NE INTO
THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP THE CHC OF SHOWERS AND
TSTMS IN THE FORECAST (ALTHOUGH TUE LOOKS CAPPED) THROUGH MUCH OF
THE PERIOD. ECMWF IS FLATTER AND SLOWER THAN THE GFS WHICH IS
PREFERRED BY HPC...SO LEANED MORE TOWARDS HPC GUIDANCE/ECMWF.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
TERMINALS MOSTLY AT MVFR TO IFR ATTM WITH TSTMS IN THE VICINITY OF
THE WESTERNMOST TERMINALS. EXPECTING A CONTINUATION OF MVFR TO IFR
CONDITIONS AS AXIS OF STEADIEST PRECIP SLOWLY SHIFTS EASTWARD AS
SHOWERS AND STORMS WITHIN MOVE IN A GENERAL N-NNE DIRECTION.
GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE IN TSTMS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS SE-S TO
START...SHIFTING MORE TOWARDS THE SOUTH LATER THIS EVENING...AND
GENERALLY 15KT OR LESS. THREAT OF TSTMS CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...SO HAVE ADDED CB ATTACHMENTS THROUGH THIS TIME. PRECIP AND
THUNDERSTORM THREAT EXPECTED TO END ALTOGETHER ACROSS THE TERMINALS
BY LATE AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS TO FOLLOW.
OUTLOOK FOR 00Z FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...VRF LIKELY THURSDAY
NIGHT...AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATE
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH LOCAL MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL BUILD RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE FROM
THE SOUTH. SCA WILL BE EXPANDED TO OTHER AREAS AS A RESULT.
WAVEWATCH III GUIDANCE WAS UNDER CUT SIGNIFICANTLY.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON FRIDAY RESULTING IN TRANQUIL
CONDITIONS.
(FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
WIND GUSTS ON THE OCEAN MAY REACH MARGINAL SCA LEVELS AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE SAT NIGHT...OTHERWISE...SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN
ABOVE SCA LEVELS IN ANZ350 AND ANZ353 THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TRANQUIL
CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN ON MONDAY. NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED ON THE
REMAINDER OF THE MARINE ZONES.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
FLASH FLOODING WATCH UP THROUGH THURSDAY.
EXPECTING OVERALL AVERAGES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. TRAINING OF ECHOES IS
THE CONCERN AND WHERE THIS OCCURS...WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE
6+ INCHES.
RATES IN THE STORMS WILL EASILY EXCEED 4-6 INCHES INSTANTANEOUSLY...WITH
HOURLY TOTALS LIKELY IN THE 1.5-3 INCH RANGE. THUS...URBAN
FLOODING LIKELIHOOD IS VERY HIGH.
NYC AND WEST SHOULD SEE THE HEAVIEST IN THE OVERNIGHT INTO THE
EARLY MORNING...WITH RAIN TAPERING OFF OR ENDING BY AFTERNOON.
&&
.EQUIPMENT...
ON JULY 28TH...MARINE OBSERVATIONS FROM AMBROSE LIGHT TOWER WILL
BE DECOMMISSIONED.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR CTZ005>012.
NY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR NYZ077>081.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NYZ067>076.
NJ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NJZ002>006-
011.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT
THURSDAY FOR ANZ330-335-338-340-345.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ350-353-355.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:48 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 448 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>076-241100- WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- QUEENS- 448 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 738 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING REPORTS. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. CTZ005>012-NYZ077>081-241100- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 448 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 738 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING...ALONG WITH THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING REPORTS. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-241100- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 448 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 738 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND ANY SIGHTINGS OF WATERSPOUTS. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. JST
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 23, 7:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
746 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1124 AM FLASH FLOOD WANTAGH 40.67N 73.51W
07/23/2008 NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER
RAILROAD UNDERPASS AT OLD MILL ROAD UNDER 5 INCHES OF
WATER.
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTBROOK 41.28N 72.45W
07/23/2008 MIDDLESEX CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF RUNNING PINE ROAD
AND COLD SPRING ROAD.
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG EAST HADDAM 41.46N 72.46W
07/23/2008 MIDDLESEX CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT MATING HOUSE ROAD.
0240 PM TSTM WND GST NORWICH 41.55N 72.09W
07/23/2008 E60.00 MPH NEW LONDON CT UNKNOWN
FEW TREES DOWN ON DUNHAM ST.
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG FANWOOD 40.64N 74.39W
07/23/2008 UNION NJ PUBLIC
FULL TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN.
0453 PM HAIL SCOTCH PLAINS 40.63N 74.37W
07/23/2008 E0.88 INCH UNION NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
0508 PM LIGHTNING UNION 40.70N 74.27W
07/23/2008 UNION NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREE DOWN AND COVERING ROAD FROM LIGHTNING STRIKE
AT LARGEMONT AND MORRIS AVE.
0530 PM HAIL WESTBROOK 41.28N 72.45W
07/23/2008 E1.00 INCH MIDDLESEX CT PUBLIC
&&
TMSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 7:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 754 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 NYZ068>070-240030- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- 754 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES... AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OSSINING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEEKSKILL BY 805 PM. NEAR YORKTOWN HEIGHTS BY 810 PM. NEAR MAHOPAC BY 825 PM. NEAR CARMEL BY 830 PM. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR ..IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DSW
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 835 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 CTZ007-008-240130- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON- 835 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MIDDLESEX AND NORTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTIES... AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM VOLUNTOWN TO SALEM TO DURHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH. PEOPLE IN MIDDLESEX AND NORTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTIES...INCLUDING EAST HADDAM...MIDDLETOWN...PORTLAND...NORWICH...CROMWELL...EAST HAMPTON... COLCHESTER AND LEBANON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. STRONG WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JMC
Local storm report, Jul 23, 8:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
840 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1124 AM FLASH FLOOD WANTAGH 40.67N 73.51W
07/23/2008 NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER
RAILROAD UNDERPASS AT OLD MILL ROAD UNDER 5 INCHES OF
WATER.
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG EAST HADDAM 41.46N 72.46W
07/23/2008 MIDDLESEX CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT MATING HOUSE ROAD.
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTBROOK 41.28N 72.45W
07/23/2008 MIDDLESEX CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF RUNNING PINE ROAD
AND COLD SPRING ROAD.
0240 PM TSTM WND GST NORWICH 41.55N 72.09W
07/23/2008 E60.00 MPH NEW LONDON CT UNKNOWN
FEW TREES DOWN ON DUNHAM ST.
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG FANWOOD 40.64N 74.39W
07/23/2008 UNION NJ PUBLIC
FULL TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN.
0453 PM HAIL SCOTCH PLAINS 40.63N 74.37W
07/23/2008 E0.88 INCH UNION NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
0508 PM LIGHTNING UNION 40.70N 74.27W
07/23/2008 UNION NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREE DOWN AND COVERING ROAD FROM LIGHTNING STRIKE
AT LARGEMONT AND MORRIS AVE.
0530 PM HAIL WESTBROOK 41.28N 72.45W
07/23/2008 E1.00 INCH MIDDLESEX CT PUBLIC
0810 PM HAIL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS 41.27N 73.78W
07/23/2008 E0.50 INCH WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0831 PM HAIL MAHOPAC 41.37N 73.74W
07/23/2008 E0.75 INCH PUTNAM NY PUBLIC
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TMSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 8:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 856 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 CTZ005-240145- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD- 856 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY... AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PAWLING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR SHERMAN BY 905 PM. SMALL HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JMC
Local storm report, Jul 23, 9:45 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
945 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1124 AM FLASH FLOOD WANTAGH 40.67N 73.51W
07/23/2008 NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER
RAILROAD UNDERPASS AT OLD MILL ROAD UNDER 5 INCHES OF
WATER.
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTBROOK 41.28N 72.45W
07/23/2008 MIDDLESEX CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF RUNNING PINE ROAD
AND COLD SPRING ROAD.
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG EAST HADDAM 41.46N 72.46W
07/23/2008 MIDDLESEX CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT MATING HOUSE ROAD.
0240 PM TSTM WND GST NORWICH 41.55N 72.09W
07/23/2008 E60.00 MPH NEW LONDON CT UNKNOWN
FEW TREES DOWN ON DUNHAM ST.
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG FANWOOD 40.64N 74.39W
07/23/2008 UNION NJ PUBLIC
FULL TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN.
0453 PM HAIL SCOTCH PLAINS 40.63N 74.37W
07/23/2008 E0.88 INCH UNION NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
0508 PM LIGHTNING UNION 40.70N 74.27W
07/23/2008 UNION NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREE DOWN AND COVERING ROAD FROM LIGHTNING STRIKE
AT LARGEMONT AND MORRIS AVE.
0530 PM HAIL WESTBROOK 41.28N 72.45W
07/23/2008 E1.00 INCH MIDDLESEX CT PUBLIC
0637 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE BUCHANAN 41.25N 73.93W
07/23/2008 WESTCHESTER NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ROAD CLOSED ON NY STATE HWY 9A BETWEEN DUTCH AND VICTORIA
AVE DUE TO POWER LINES DOWN.
0638 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN LAKES 41.01N 74.21W
07/23/2008 BERGEN NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON TRANSFORMER
0810 PM HAIL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS 41.27N 73.78W
07/23/2008 E0.50 INCH WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0831 PM HAIL MAHOPAC 41.37N 73.74W
07/23/2008 E0.75 INCH PUTNAM NY PUBLIC
&&
TMThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 8:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 90 min |
| Jul 23, 8:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 19 min |
| Jul 23, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 40 min | |
| Jul 23, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 9:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 59 min | |
| Jul 23, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 110 min |
| Jul 23, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 17 min | |
| Jul 23, 11:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 23 min | |
| Jul 24, 3:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 83 min |
| Jul 24, 4:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 115 min |
| Jul 24, 5:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 32 min | |
| Jul 24, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 37 min | |
| Jul 24, 8:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 2 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.