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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

August 15, 2012

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2012, 7:24 AM EDT. 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
Aug 15, 2012, 7:24 AM EDT (11:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2012, 8:15 AM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2012-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 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 00:00Z on 2012-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 Aug 15, 7:14 AM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
132 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

NYZ078-080-150630-
NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK-
132 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

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

AT 128 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ISLIP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAYVILLE BY 135 AM.
  NEAR HAUPPAUGE BY 140 AM.
  NEAR RONKONKOMA BY 145 AM.
  NEAR HOLBROOK BY 150 AM.
  NEAR FARMINGVILLE BY 205 AM.
  NEAR CENTEREACH BY 210 AM.

PEOPLE IN SUFFOLK COUNTY...INCLUDING ISLIP...BRENTWOOD...SAYVILLE...
HAUPPAUGE...RONKONKOMA...HOLBROOK...FARMINGVILLE...CENTEREACH...STONY
BROOK AND CORAM...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES INCHES AN HOUR...COULD
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

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 4069 7322 4074 7333 4092 7321 4094 7315
      4097 7316 4097 7314 4098 7312 4097 7306
      4097 7287 4086 7290 4071 7307 4071 7311
      4072 7312 4069 7315

GOODMAN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:21 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
221 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

NYZ078-079-150715-
NORTHEAST SUFFOLK-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-
221 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY...

AT 216 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR YAPHANK...OR NEAR MIDDLE ISLAND...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY BY 230 AM.
  NEAR ROCKY POINT BY 235 AM.
  NEAR WADING RIVER BY 250 AM.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...COULD CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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 4084 7302 4097 7293 4097 7274 4099 7271
      4099 7261 4088 7279 4085 7284 4085 7288
      4083 7292 4082 7297 4082 7300

GOODMAN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
328 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

NYZ067-150830-
ORANGE-
328 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 323 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UNIONVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT
JERVIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR FLORIDA BY 355 AM.
  NEAR GOSHEN BY 405 AM.
  6 MILES NORTH OF MONROE BY 415 AM.

PEOPLE IN ORANGE COUNTY...INCLUDING UNIONVILLE...FLORIDA...GOSHEN AND
CHESTER...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...COULD CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS... AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LAT...LON 4159 7403 4148 7399 4146 7399 4144 7397
      4144 7398 4138 7395 4132 7398 4124 7445
      4136 7470 4138 7471

GOODMAN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
527 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

CTZ005-006-009-010-NYZ070-151030-
FAIRFIELD-NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
527 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FAIRFIELD...NEW HAVEN AND
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...

AT 524 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DANBURY TO
BEDFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DANBURY TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MOUNT KISCO TO MOUNT KISCO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR RIDGEFIELD BY 535 AM.
  NEAR NEWTOWN BY 545 AM.
  NEAR GEORGETOWN BY 550 AM.
  NEAR SOUTHBURY BY 555 AM.
  NEAR MONROE BY 605 AM.
  NEAR NAUGATUCK BY 615 AM.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...COULD
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

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 7275 4116 7313 4114 7371 4123 7373
      4136 7361 4137 7354 4143 7354 4148 7349
      4149 7337 4148 7333 4149 7333 4153 7275

GOODMAN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
617 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

CTZ005>007-009>011-151115-
FAIRFIELD-NEW HAVEN-MIDDLESEX-
617 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

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

AT 612 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BEACON FALLS TO
TRUMBULL TO BRIDGEPORT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NAUGATUCK TO
SHELTON TO BRIDGEPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR CHESHIRE BY 630 AM.
  NEAR MILFORD BY 635 AM.
  NEAR WALLINGFORD BY 640 AM.
  NEAR NORTH HAVEN BY 645 AM.
  NEAR DURHAM BY 700 AM.
  NEAR NORTH BRANDFORD BY 705 AM.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...COULD CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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 4151 7233 4142 7241 4142 7243 4140 7242
      4126 7255 4127 7262 4124 7269 4123 7276
      4126 7278 4124 7290 4128 7292 4120 7301
      4120 7306 4118 7309 4114 7310 4116 7320
      4114 7322 4114 7343 4127 7326 4152 7305

GOODMAN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 7:24 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
724 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

CTZ007-008-011-012-151215-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN
NEW LONDON-
724 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MIDDLESEX AND NEW LONDON
COUNTIES...

AT 721 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTH LYME...OR NEAR CHESTER...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR SALEM BY 730 AM.
  NEAR SALEM BY 735 AM.
  NEAR GALES FERRY BY 750 AM.
  NEAR LEDYARD CENTER BY 755 AM.
  NEAR PRESTON BY 800 AM.
  5 MILES SOUTH OF VOLUNTOWN BY 815 AM.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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 4142 7179 4140 7184 4134 7182 4132 7184
      4133 7194 4130 7198 4131 7208 4129 7211
      4130 7217 4132 7219 4128 7220 4130 7243
      4148 7249 4167 7217 4164 7198 4165 7180
      4164 7178

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 12:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNassau67 min
Aug 15, 1:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Suffolk92 min
Aug 15, 1:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk58 min
Aug 15, 2:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk54 min
Aug 15, 2:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX54 min
Aug 15, 3:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX65 min
Aug 15, 3:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange62 min
Aug 15, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPutnam, Westchester48 min
Aug 15, 5:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXPutnam, Westchester88 min
Aug 15, 6:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX66 min
Aug 15, 7:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk70 min
Aug 15, 11:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNassau29 min
Aug 15, 11:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXNassau89 min
Aug 15, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk50 min
Aug 15, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk61 min
Aug 15, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX83 min
Aug 15, 12:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk51 min
Aug 15, 12:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXSuffolk78 min
Aug 15, 12:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk54 min
Aug 15, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk54 min
Aug 15, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNew York, Queens55 min
Aug 15, 1:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXKings, Queens81 min
Aug 15, 1:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXKings, Nassau, Queens80 min
Aug 15, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, New York, Queens51 min
Aug 15, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX87 min
Aug 15, 1:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk85 min
Aug 15, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNassau54 min
Aug 15, 3:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXKings, Queens116 min
Aug 15, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, Nassau, New York, Queens43 min
Aug 15, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX69 min
Aug 15, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, New York, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester54 min
Aug 15, 4:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXOrange, Rockland, Westchester112 min
Aug 15, 4:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXPutnam90 min
Aug 15, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland, Westchester57 min
Aug 15, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX2 hr
Aug 15, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXRichmond53 min
Aug 15, 5:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXRockland, Westchester50 min
Aug 15, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange62 min
Aug 15, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBergen, Passaic60 min
Aug 15, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic58 min
Aug 15, 5:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX63 min
Aug 15, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX58 min
Aug 15, 6:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region63 min
Aug 15, 7:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region54 min
Aug 15, 7:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region73 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.