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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

June 9, 2011

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2011, 2:16 AM EDT. It was in force for 29 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 9, 2011, 2:16 AM EDT (06:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2011, 2:45 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 9, 2:09 AM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:09 AM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 10:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 10:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1017 PM EDT WED JUN 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MIDDLETOWN              41.55N  72.65W
06/08/2011                   MIDDLESEX          CT   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TWO TREES DOWN ON RANDOLPH ROAD. TIME ESITMATED.

&&

DS

Local storm report, Jun 8, 10:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1034 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

CTZ011-012-NYZ079-081-090315-
NORTHEAST SUFFOLK-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW
LONDON-
1034 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN
NEW LONDON AND EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTIES...

AT 1029 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF
CLINTON TO OLD SAYBROOK TO NEW LONDON TO GROTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR GREENPORT BY 1050 PM.
  NEAR PLUM ISLAND BY 1055 PM.
  NEAR GARDNER'S ISLAND BY 1115 PM.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED BOTH PRECEDING AND ACCOMPANYING
THESE STORMS.

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.

LAT...LON 4097 7208 4088 7235 4102 7256 4119 7219
      4119 7215 4113 7233 4105 7226 4106 7211
      4112 7213 4112 7212 4106 7208 4103 7214
      4103 7203 4109 7192 4126 7205 4130 7193
      4129 7192 4125 7198 4107 7185

GOODMAN

Local storm report, Jun 8, 10:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1059 PM EDT WED JUN 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0950 PM     HAIL             MIDDLETOWN              41.55N  72.65W
06/08/2011  E0.88 INCH       MIDDLESEX          CT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS REPORTED FOR ABOUT TWO
            MINUTES

1000 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MIDDLETOWN              41.55N  72.65W
06/08/2011                   MIDDLESEX          CT   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TWO TREES DOWN ON RANDOLPH ROAD. TIME ESITMATED.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:35 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
135 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

CTZ005>008-010>012-NYZ068-090615-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN NEW
LONDON-PUTNAM-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN NEW
LONDON-
135 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FAIRFIELD...MIDDLESEX...NEW
HAVEN...NEW LONDON AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 130 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASHFORD TO
GLASTONBURY TO BRISTOL TO 5 MILES EAST OF NEW MILFORD TO MYERS
CORNER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MANSFIELD TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF MANCHESTER TO BRISTOL TO NEW MILFORD TO
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POUGHKEEPSIE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...AND
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS IN ADDITION
TO HEAVY RAIN WHICH 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.

LAT...LON 4146 7180 4133 7232 4125 7332 4151 7377
      4153 7354 4167 7352 4151 7344 4148 7334
      4152 7317 4165 7298 4157 7294 4156 7287
      4163 7269 4165 7251 4159 7246 4160 7234
      4172 7224 4166 7215 4165 7180 4149 7179

JC

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:16 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		31 min
Jun 9, 2:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		48 min
Jun 9, 2:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	28 min
Jun 9, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	60 min
Jun 9, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange, Putnam	55 min
Jun 9, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Rockland	53 min
Jun 9, 3:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange	57 min
Jun 9, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange, Putnam	65 min
Jun 9, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange	69 min
Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam	68 min
Jun 9, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	53 min
Jun 9, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		80 min
Jun 9, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx	23 min
Jun 9, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	61 min
Jun 9, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Westchester	22 min
Jun 9, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Rockland	30 min
Jun 9, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens	61 min
Jun 9, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Kings, Queens, Richmond	48 min
Jun 8, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		53 min
Jun 8, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	57 min
Jun 9, 1:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		40 min
Jun 9, 1:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	46 min
Jun 9, 9:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		67 min
Jun 9, 10:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		1 min
Jun 9, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	57 min
Jun 9, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	71 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Connecticut, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.