Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 574
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Nov 18, 2013, 3:11 AM EST for 4 counties in Connecticut; 5 counties in New Jersey; 11 counties in New York. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2013, 3:11 AM EST (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2013, 6:54 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 3:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 50 min |
| Nov 18, 4:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 41 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min | |
| Nov 18, 5:07 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min | |
| Nov 18, 5:11 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr | |
| Nov 18, 1:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 7:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more | 54 min |
| Nov 17, 8:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Erie and 15 more | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Jersey, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Connecticut, 2013Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.