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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2013, 5:26 PM EDT for Bronx County, Kings County, New York County, New York; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 64 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 8, 2013, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 8, 5:16 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 5:16 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 417 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-092030- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX- EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 417 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS CONTINUES ON FRIDAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO A PART OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-092030- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 417 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
324 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
NJZ002-004-103>105-NYZ069-082015-
EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ROCKLAND-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN
ESSEX-WESTERN PASSAIC-
324 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN BERGEN...NORTHWESTERN
ESSEX...PASSAIC AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...
AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINCOLN PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN 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 4118 7415 4100 7393 4078 7431 4081 7435
4086 7433 4087 7434 4090 7434 4091 7433
4090 7428 4097 7429 4099 7430 4101 7435
DSWLocal storm report, Aug 8, 5:11 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 111 min |
| Aug 8, 3:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 82 min |
| Aug 8, 3:27 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | OKX | 28 hr | |
| Aug 8, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Rockland | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Richmond | 67 min |
| Aug 8, 2:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 91 min |
| Aug 8, 3:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Essex, Passaic | 89 min |
| Aug 8, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen | 2 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2013Special Weather Statements in New York, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013
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.