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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

July 4, 2012Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2012, 11:17 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 28 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 4, 2012, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2012, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

County Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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: 1802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.9

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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 4, 8:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 8:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 8:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
843 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

CTZ005-009-NYZ068-070-050130-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-PUTNAM-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-
843 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

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

AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FISHKILL...OR NEAR BEACON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CARMEL BY 855 PM.
  NEAR MAHOPAC BY 900 PM.
  NEAR BREWSTER BY 905 PM.
  NEAR RIDGEFIELD BY 925 PM.
  NEAR GEORGETOWN BY 930 PM.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS UP
TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 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 4119 7313 4115 7317 4116 7320 4111 7326
      4112 7330 4110 7334 4107 7335 4106 7338
      4105 7345 4144 7398 4149 7393 4152 7370

JC

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 9:17 PM EDT, 2 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
917 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

CTZ005-006-009-010-NYZ068-050215-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-PUTNAM-SOUTHERN
FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
917 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT FAIRFIELD...PUTNAM AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES...

AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DANBURY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40
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 4157 7346 4150 7343 4152 7339 4149 7337
      4148 7333 4150 7332 4127 7286 4126 7290
      4128 7292 4125 7293 4115 7322 4145 7368
      4153 7356 4153 7354 4155 7353 4158 7349

LN

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:30 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1030 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NYZ078-080-177-179-050315-
NORTHERN NASSAU-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK-
1030 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

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

AT 1026 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OYSTER BAY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR WOODBURY BY 1035 PM.
  NEAR PLAINVIEW BY 1040 PM.
  NEAR MELVILLE BY 1045 PM.
  NEAR DEER PARK BY 1050 PM.
  NEAR LINDENHURST BY 1055 PM.
  NEAR BABYLON BY 1100 PM.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
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 4062 7346 4064 7344 4066 7349 4084 7365
      4087 7366 4092 7357 4090 7349 4094 7350
      4094 7345 4070 7316 4070 7324 4065 7338
      4067 7324 4064 7321 4066 7321 4067 7318
      4065 7310 4062 7323 4063 7335 4060 7343

JC

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:33 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1033 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NYZ081-050300-
SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK-
1033 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY...

AT 1031 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARDNER'S ISLAND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 35
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 4104 7188 4093 7220 4103 7233 4105 7231
      4101 7228 4102 7225 4105 7226 4104 7220
      4107 7216 4105 7212 4100 7209 4103 7206
      4102 7203 4106 7199 4105 7197 4108 7196
      4109 7190 4107 7185

NV

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1117 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NYZ081-050345-
SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK-
1117 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SUFFOLK COUNTY...

AT 1114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NOYACK...OR NEAR BRIDGEHAMPTON...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 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 4087 7235 4085 7243 4090 7249 4092 7246
      4096 7245 4097 7240 4099 7238 4102 7238
      4100 7236 4101 7233 4103 7234 4104 7233
      4093 7220

NV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam	47 min
Jul 4, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam, Westchester	33 min
Jul 4, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Westchester	30 min
Jul 4, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Westchester	29 min
Jul 4, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		26 min
Jul 4, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Nassau	45 min
Jul 4, 10:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	27 min
Jul 4, 10:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		40 min
Jul 4, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		59 min
Jul 5, 4:05 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens	12 hr
Jul 5, 3:38 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens	8 hr
Jul 4, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		58 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.