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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

August 12, 20164 counties in New York

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2016, 2:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 44 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: Aug 12, 2016, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

Counties Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 1049 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

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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 Aug 12, 1:42 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 1:42 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 9:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 12, 8:37 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 1:15 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
115 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016

NJZ002-103-NYZ067-069-121800-
WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-ROCKLAND-ORANGE-
115 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016

...AN AREA OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL
PASSAIC... NORTHWESTERN BERGEN...ROCKLAND AND CENTRAL ORANGE
COUNTIES...

AT 114 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED NEAR
FLORIDA...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARWICK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS ACTIVITY.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOSHEN AROUND 120 PM EDT.
  WARWICK...CHESTER AND FLORIDA AROUND 125 PM EDT.
  UPPER GREENWOOD LAKE AROUND 130 PM EDT.
  GREENWOOD LAKE AROUND 135 PM EDT.
  MONROE AROUND 140 PM EDT.
  HARRIMAN AROUND 145 PM EDT.
  SLOATSBURG AROUND 150 PM EDT.
  SUFFERN AROUND 155 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE HILLBURN...AIRMONT...
VIOLA...NEW HEMPSTEAD...MOUNT IVY...HIGHLAND MILLS...KIRYAS JOEL...
SCOTCHTOWN...CENTRAL VALLEY AND TUXEDO PARK.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4152 7445 4134 7397 4132 7398 4129 7394
      4126 7397 4124 7396 4102 7417 4115 7443
      4120 7437 4132 7462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 295DEG 27KT 4133 7446

JMC

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 2:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
201 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016

NJZ002-NYZ067>070-121845-
WESTERN PASSAIC-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-ROCKLAND-PUTNAM-ORANGE-
201 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PASSAIC...ROCKLAND...
WESTERN PUTNAM...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE
COUNTIES...

AT 159 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED NEAR
HARRIMAN...OR OVER MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POMONA AROUND 210 PM EDT.
  PEEKSKILL...HAVERSTRAW AND WEST POINT AROUND 220 PM EDT.
  YORKTOWN HEIGHTS AROUND 235 PM EDT.
  MOUNT KISCO AND MAHOPAC AROUND 240 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE
WASHINGTONVILLE...WEST HAVERSTRAW...PLEASANTVILLE...VALLEY
COTTAGE...HIGHLAND MILLS...THORNWOOD... THIELLS...CROTONOON-
HUDSON...HILLBURN AND VIOLA.

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

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4137 7454 4146 7400 4145 7400 4144 7398
      4147 7395 4150 7373 4111 7372 4112 7416
      4113 7421 4113 7422 4115 7443 4120 7437
      4129 7455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 270DEG 29KT 4130 7416

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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
Aug 11, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Westchester	39 min
Aug 11, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam	38 min
Aug 11, 8:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Orange	3 hr
Aug 11, 9:29 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		31 hr
Aug 11, 11:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange, Rockland	118 min
Aug 12, 4:15 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more	65 hr
Aug 12, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	45 min
Aug 12, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Westchester	51 min
Aug 12, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		37 min
Aug 12, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond	51 min
Aug 12, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx, Nassau, New York, Queens, Westchester	48 min
Aug 12, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		52 min
Aug 12, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		40 min
Aug 12, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	37 min
Aug 12, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		31 min
Aug 11, 11:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union	2 hr
Aug 12, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Essex, Passaic	55 min
Aug 12, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Union	64 min
Aug 12, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Essex, Union	40 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.