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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New York, NY

July 25, 2016Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2016, 3:23 PM EDT for Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 52 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 25, 2016, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 3:37 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWayne, NJNUMEROUS TREES DOWN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

265 
WUUS51 KOKX 251923
SVROKX
NJC003-031-252015-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0039.160725T1923Z-160725T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
323 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 322 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BUTLER...OR
  NEAR POMPTON LAKES...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAYNE AROUND 330 PM EDT. 
  RAMSEY AROUND 335 PM EDT. 
  PATERSON...RIDGEWOOD AND HAWTHORNE AROUND 340 PM EDT. 
  HACKENSACK...PARAMUS AND ORADELL AROUND 345 PM EDT. 
  BERGENFIELD...TAPPAN AND NORWOOD AROUND 350 PM EDT. 
  FORT LEE AND ENGLEWOOD AROUND 355 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROCKLEIGH...UPPER SADDLE
RIVER...HAWORTH...WYCKOFF...MONTVALE...BOGOTA...
NORTHVALE...FRANKLIN LAKES...ELMWOOD PARK AND HARRINGTON PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4112 7443 4105 7401 4100 7389 4089 7393
      4082 7397 4092 7428 4093 7429 4097 7428
      4098 7430 4100 7430 4101 7439 4103 7442
      4102 7443 4104 7443 4105 7445
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 280DEG 36KT 4101 7435 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
063 
WWUS51 KOKX 251941
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
341 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

NJC003-031-252015-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160725T2015Z/
PASSAIC NJ-BERGEN NJ-
341 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN PASSAIC AND BERGEN COUNTIES...

AT 340 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RIDGEWOOD...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HACKENSACK AND ORADELL AROUND 345 PM EDT. 
  BERGENFIELD...ENGLEWOOD AND NORWOOD AROUND 350 PM EDT. 
  FORT LEE AROUND 355 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HAWORTH... WYCKOFF...WALDWICK...NEW
MILFORD...BOGOTA...DUMONT...FRANKLIN LAKES... ELMWOOD
PARK...HARRINGTON PARK AND DEMAREST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4106 7424 4101 7401 4099 7389 4089 7393
      4082 7397 4092 7428 4093 7429 4097 7428
      4100 7428 4101 7426 4102 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 280DEG 36KT 4098 7411 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
204 
WWUS51 KOKX 252013
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
413 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

NJC003-031-252022-
/O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160725T2015Z/
PASSAIC NJ-BERGEN NJ-
413 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PASSAIC AND BERGEN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4106 7424 4101 7401 4099 7389 4089 7393
      4082 7397 4092 7428 4093 7429 4097 7428
      4100 7428 4101 7426 4102 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 280DEG 36KT 4098 7411 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBergen, Passaic47 min
Jul 25, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXUnion32 min
Jul 25, 4:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union3 hr
Jul 25, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHudson32 min
Jul 25, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXEssex, Hudson33 min
Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXEssex, Union26 min
Jul 25, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXPassaic49 min
Jul 25, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXHudson, Union30 min
Jul 25, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic30 min
Jul 25, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBergen, Passaic48 min
Jul 25, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic43 min
Jul 25, 6:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBergen119 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.