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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

August 1, 2011Kings County, Richmond County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2011, 1:01 AM EDT for Kings County, Richmond County, New York. It was in force for 59 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: Aug 1, 2011, 1:01 AM EDT (05:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

Counties Kings County, NY, Richmond County, NY

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 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 Jul 31, 10:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 10:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 4:47 AM EDT, 20 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 10:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:01 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
Aug 1, 1:00 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		45 min
Aug 1, 1:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		28 min
Aug 1, 1:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Queens	38 min
Aug 1, 2:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		30 min
Aug 1, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Westchester	32 min
Aug 1, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx	24 min
Aug 1, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx	20 min
Aug 1, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	39 min
Aug 1, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		51 min
Aug 1, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Nassau	62 min
Aug 1, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau, Queens	52 min
Aug 1, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx	62 min
Aug 1, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		59 min
Aug 1, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx, New York, Westchester	29 min
Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Nassau, Queens	115 min
Aug 1, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau, Queens	51 min
Aug 1, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	58 min
Aug 1, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange, Rockland, Westchester	65 min
Aug 1, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		21 min
Aug 1, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam, Westchester	58 min
Aug 1, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Westchester	52 min
Aug 1, 5:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Westchester	112 min
Aug 1, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		45 min
Aug 1, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	42 min
Aug 1, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		53 min
Aug 1, 6:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	102 min
Aug 1, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	49 min
Aug 1, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Westchester	22 min
Aug 1, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		31 min
Aug 1, 6:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Westchester	77 min
Aug 1, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		56 min
Aug 1, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Westchester	53 min
Aug 1, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Nassau	50 min
Aug 1, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx, Nassau, Queens	39 min
Aug 1, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	57 min
Aug 1, 7:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Nassau, Queens	27 min
Aug 1, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Suffolk	54 min
Aug 1, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		56 min
Aug 1, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		2 hr
Jul 31, 10:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Essex, Union	55 min
Aug 1, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bergen	33 min
Aug 1, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		48 min
Aug 1, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	50 min
Aug 1, 1:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	46 min
Aug 1, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		32 min
Aug 1, 2:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	3 hr
Aug 1, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		39 min
Aug 1, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		3 min
Aug 1, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	56 min
Aug 1, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	63 min
Aug 1, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	40 min
Aug 1, 6:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	2 hr
Aug 1, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	48 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.