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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

June 17, 2011Orange County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2011, 2:17 PM EDT for Orange County, New York. It was in force for 58 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 17, 2011, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

County Orange County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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.

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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 17, 1:49 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:49 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:45 AM EDT, 8 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
545 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-
NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-180945-
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-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
545 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD CAUSE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE PER
HOUR...TWO INCHES OR MORE IN THREE HOURS...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL...
AND ANY ASSOCIATED FLOODING.

&&

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.

GOODMAN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:21 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
121 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

NYZ067-171815-
ORANGE-
121 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF PORT JERVIS AND NEAR
OTISVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH 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 4148 7472 4150 7472 4151 7447 4160 7437
      4160 7435 4162 7432 4164 7427 4161 7425
      4159 7420 4135 7452 4140 7475 4141 7475

!GC
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:09 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
209 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

NJZ004-006-104>108-NYZ072-073-171915-
BRONX-EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN
UNION-HUDSON-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
209 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BRONX...CENTRAL UNION...EASTERN
PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) AND SOUTHEASTERN
BERGEN COUNTIES...

AT 205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UNION...OR NEAR MILLBURN...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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 4074 7437 4076 7438 4090 7414 4089 7413
      4093 7408 4101 7392 4081 7389 4062 7432
      4072 7440

!GC
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
217 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

NYZ067-171915-
ORANGE-
217 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL ORANGE
COUNTY...

AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PORT JERVIS TO
NORTH OF OTISVILLE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WINDS GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH 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 4151 7460 4151 7448 4154 7445 4159 7420
      4122 7442 4136 7471

!GC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 3:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, New York64 min
Jun 17, 5:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXOrange, Rockland2 hr
Jun 17, 5:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond74 min
Jun 17, 5:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXPutnam, Westchester3 hr
Jun 17, 7:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX61 min
Jun 17, 8:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk89 min
Jun 17, 9:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk52 min
Jun 17, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange54 min
Jun 17, 1:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXRockland78 min
Jun 17, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNew York66 min
Jun 17, 2:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 1 more89 min
Jun 17, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange, Rockland52 min
Jun 17, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange38 min
Jun 17, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, New York67 min
Jun 17, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Westchester49 min
Jun 17, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX64 min
Jun 17, 3:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXOrange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester86 min
Jun 17, 4:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 1 more90 min
Jun 17, 4:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Suffolk, Westchester87 min
Jun 17, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXRockland, Westchester55 min
Jun 17, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland38 min
Jun 17, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXKings, Nassau, Queens63 min
Jun 17, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX28 min
Jun 17, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, New York49 min
Jun 17, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx54 min
Jun 17, 5:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, New York, Queens, Westchester3 hr
Jun 17, 5:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Suffolk3 hr
Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX56 min
Jun 17, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk39 min
Jun 17, 3:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXEssex, Hudson, Union58 min
Jun 17, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXPassaic54 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic4 hr
Jun 17, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBergen, Essex, Union60 min
Jun 17, 8:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region108 min
Jun 17, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX53 min
Jun 17, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX29 min

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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.