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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

June 3, 2012Nassau County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2012, 5:41 PM EDT for Nassau County, New York. It was in force for 49 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 3, 2012, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

County Nassau County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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 3, 5:30 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 5:30 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:11 AM EDT, 13 hours 30 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
211 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

CTZ009-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-176>178-031900-
BRONX-EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN
UNION-HUDSON-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-NORTHERN
NASSAU-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-RICHMOND (STATEN
IS.)-ROCKLAND-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN
UNION-
211 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
BERGEN...BRONX...ESSEX...HUDSON...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK
(MANHATTAN)...NORTHWESTERN NASSAU...PASSAIC...QUEENS...RICHMOND
(STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...UNION AND
WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...

AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEW CITY TO BLOOMFIELD TO SOUTH PLAINFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS ACTIVITY.

LAT...LON 4060 7422 4059 7446 4066 7441 4067 7447
      4091 7429 4090 7428 4100 7434 4116 7428
      4114 7423 4123 7412 4114 7351 4100 7357
      4090 7375 4084 7376 4091 7364 4078 7368
      4055 7389 4061 7405 4049 7425

PW
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
230 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

CTZ005-NYZ068-070-031915-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-PUTNAM-
230 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT FAIRFIELD...PUTNAM AND WESTCHESTER
COUNTIES...

AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARMEL...OR NEAR BREWSTER...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4144 7327 4143 7326 4144 7325 4140 7318
      4139 7319 4134 7312 4122 7317 4123 7325
      4121 7326 4123 7328 4121 7331 4122 7333
      4120 7334 4127 7375 4149 7368

PW
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
306 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

CTZ005>007-010-031945-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN NEW
HAVEN-
306 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEAST FAIRFIELD...MIDDLESEX
AND NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES...

AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST FAIRFIELD COUNTY AND
NORTHWEST NEW HAVEN COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

LAT...LON 4164 7293 4157 7294 4157 7288 4155 7286
      4158 7283 4156 7282 4158 7280 4158 7276
      4162 7272 4161 7261 4135 7262 4135 7332
      4152 7326 4152 7317 4156 7316 4157 7310
      4165 7298

PW
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:07 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
507 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

CTZ008-032130-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-
507 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN NEW LONDON COUNTY...

AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEDYARD CENTER...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NORWICH...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 4141 7180 4141 7184 4143 7194 4140 7196
      4140 7206 4158 7204 4158 7179 4142 7179

JMC
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
541 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

NYZ078-080-177-179-032230-
NORTHERN NASSAU-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK-
541 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN NASSAU AND SUFFOLK
COUNTIES...

AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BROOKVILLE...OR NEAR SYOSSET...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR FARMINGDALE BY 550 PM.
  NEAR MELVILLE BY 555 PM.
  NEAR DIX HILLS BY 600 PM.
  NEAR DEER PARK BY 605 PM.
  NEAR BAY SHORE BY 610 PM.
  NEAR ISLIP BY 615 PM.

SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH 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 4065 7337 4067 7325 4068 7325 4069 7326
      4065 7338 4074 7368 4091 7360 4077 7291
      4073 7295 4074 7302 4072 7304 4072 7312
      4069 7314 4066 7313 4072 7293 4070 7294
      4061 7326

JMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 4:14 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 2 more21 hr
Jun 3, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Rockland and 1 more49 min
Jun 3, 3:33 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX9 hr
Jun 3, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX57 min
Jun 3, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX35 min
Jun 3, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX53 min
Jun 3, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk31 min
Jun 3, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX46 min
Jun 3, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX45 min
Jun 3, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX39 min
Jun 3, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX24 min
Jun 3, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New York, 2012Every special weather statement 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.