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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, 11:22 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 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, 11:22 PM EDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2015, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 19, 10:50 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 10:50 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 8:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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

NYZ067-200100-
ORANGE-
811 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 810 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WURTSBORO...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDDLETOWN...WALDEN...GOSHEN...MONTGOMERY...BLOOMINGBURG...
MECHANICSTOWN...MAYBROOK...PINE BUSH...SCOTCHTOWN AND ORANGE LAKE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4163 7425 4160 7425 4159 7416 4150 7407
      4137 7431 4151 7448 4157 7442 4157 7441
      4158 7439 4159 7435 4160 7435 4160 7433
      4162 7430 4163 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 298DEG 24KT 4160 7453

MET

Special weather statement, May 19, 8:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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

CTZ008-012-NYZ079-081-200500-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
826 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2015

...PATCHY DENSE FOG THROUGH THIS EVENING...

PATCHY DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE TOWN FORKS OF LONG
ISLAND AND NEW LONDON COUNTY CONNECTICUT. VISIBILITIES ACROSS THIS
AREA COULD BE 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES...SLOW DOWN...USE
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN
CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED.

VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

Special weather statement, May 19, 10:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 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

MET

Local storm report, May 19, 10:42 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 10:46 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 11:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		29 min
May 19, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.