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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS New York, NY

May 29, 2012Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut; Bronx County, Westchester County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 8:35 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut; Bronx County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 40 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
May 29, 2012, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Bronx County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 883 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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.

126 
WUUS51 KOKX 300035
SVROKX
CTC001-NYC005-119-300115-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0005.120530T0035Z-120530T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
835 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

* AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CITY ISLAND...OR NEAR THROGS NECK BRIDGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BRONXVILLE...NEW ROCHELLE...STAMFORD...RYE AND PORT CHESTER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TUESDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 7389 4112 7357 4103 7350 4099 7358
      4101 7359 4099 7363 4099 7361 4097 7362
      4099 7365 4094 7368 4090 7375 4085 7376
      4083 7379 4084 7381 4082 7380 4081 7381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 229DEG 6KT 4087 7377

$$

NV
1 follow-up statement
607 
WWUS51 KOKX 300107
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
907 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

CTC001-NYC005-119-300116-
/O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120530T0115Z/
WESTCHESTER NY-BRONX NY-FAIRFIELD CT-
907 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...
BRONX AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT...

THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND 
MOVED EAST OF THE REGION.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TUESDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4089 7389 4112 7357 4103 7350 4099 7358
      4101 7359 4099 7363 4099 7361 4097 7362
      4099 7365 4094 7368 4090 7375 4085 7376
      4083 7379 4084 7381 4082 7380 4081 7381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 229DEG 6KT 4090 7372

$$

NV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region85 min
May 29, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX46 min
May 29, 10:46 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasOKX5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.