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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

May 19, 2015

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2015, 10:16 PM EDT. It was in force for 29 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: May 19, 2015, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2015, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 8:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 8:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 10:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1016 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2015

CTZ007-200245-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
1016 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY...

AT 1015 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BERLIN...OR NEAR
MERIDEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDDLETOWN...EAST HAMPTON...ROCKY HILL...CROMWELL...PORTLAND...LAKE
POCOTOPAUG...MOODUS AND HIGGANUM.

LAT...LON 4164 7263 4163 7263 4164 7262 4162 7251
      4150 7246 4151 7274 4159 7275 4159 7273
      4160 7273 4161 7271 4163 7271 4164 7264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 279DEG 18KT 4159 7276

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	49 min
May 19, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		29 min
May 19, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		23 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.