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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS New York, NY

July 3, 2014Orange County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2014, 5:59 PM EDT for Orange County, New York. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2014, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Orange County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newburgh, NY	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS THE TOWN OF NEWBURGH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 3, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

071 
WUUS51 KOKX 032159
SVROKX
NYC071-032230-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0021.140703T2159Z-140703T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
559 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

* AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NEW WINDSOR...OR NEAR WEST POINT...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NEWBURGH AND GARDNERTOWN

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4159 7405 4159 7397 4159 7395 4157 7395
      4154 7398 4152 7399 4146 7399 4144 7398
      4143 7398 4133 7413 4139 7432 4160 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 218DEG 25KT 4140 7409

$$

JM

1 follow-up statement

570 
WWUS51 KOKX 032221
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
621 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NYC071-032230-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140703T2230Z/
ORANGE NY-
621 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NEWBURGH...OR NEAR BEACON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4159 7405 4159 7395 4157 7395 4154 7398
      4152 7399 4146 7399 4146 7405 4147 7413
      4139 7432 4160 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 218DEG 25KT 4152 7396

$$

JM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Nassau	50 min
Jul 3, 3:43 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond	13 hr
Jul 3, 6:22 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	OKX		11 hr
Jul 3, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	50 min
Jul 3, 4:18 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk	38 hr
Jul 3, 4:58 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		45 hr
Jul 3, 4:59 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk	42 hr
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange, Rockland	29 min
Jul 3, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	35 min
Jul 3, 5:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange, Rockland	117 min
Jul 3, 5:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Orange, Rockland	96 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange	46 min
Jul 3, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange, Rockland	29 min
Jul 3, 6:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange	92 min
Jul 3, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	45 min
Jul 3, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange	45 min
Jul 3, 6:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Orange	119 min
Jul 3, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	New York, Richmond	53 min
Jul 3, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, New York, Richmond, Rockland, Westchester	2 hr
Jul 3, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam, Westchester	44 min
Jul 3, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		38 min
Jul 3, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx, Nassau, New York, Queens, Westchester	27 min
Jul 3, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	39 min
Jul 3, 7:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	2 hr
Jul 3, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Richmond	30 min
Jul 3, 7:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 1 more	114 min
Jul 3, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam, Westchester	45 min
Jul 3, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	65 min
Jul 3, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 1 more	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.