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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2011, 3:09 PM EDT for Orange County, New York. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 26, 2011, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
County Orange County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 26, 2:56 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:56 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 251 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011 NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ072>075-078>081-176>179-270300- WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION- 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- 251 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && 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-NYZ067>071-270300- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 251 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 687 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && 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. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-270300- 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- 251 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
309 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
NYZ067-262000-
ORANGE-
309 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST...
AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS WERE
TRACKING A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW ENTERING SULLIVAN COUNTY
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
BASED ON THIS MOVEMENT...RESIDENTS OF WESTERN ORANGE
COUNTY...INCLUDING PORT JERVIS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO START
MOVING INTO THE COUNTY AROUND 4 PM. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH
SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING GREENWOOD
LAKE...HARRIMAN AND WEST POINT AROUND 5 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
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 4150 7475 4151 7448 4160 7438 4164 7427
4161 7424 4159 7414 4162 7413 4162 7410
4159 7405 4158 7396 4151 7400 4145 7400
4140 7395 4135 7397 4131 7400 4114 7425
4134 7469 4143 7476
JSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 89 min | |
| Jul 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Richmond | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 32 min | |
| Jul 26, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 37 min | |
| Jul 26, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 38 min | |
| Jul 26, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 44 min | |
| Jul 26, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 92 min |
| Jul 26, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 64 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.