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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

October 30, 2016Putnam County, Rockland County, Westchester County, New York; Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Oct 30, 2016, 2:48 PM EDT for Putnam County, Rockland County, Westchester County, New York; Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 42 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: Oct 30, 2016, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 73 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Oct 30, 1:57 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 1:57 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 4:04 AM EDT, 10 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
404 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-
NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-310815-
LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY-
LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY-
NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS-
SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY-
MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-
FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
404 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING
CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN
EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS
WARNING CRITERIA.

MALOIT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 2:20 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
220 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

CTZ005-NJZ002-103-NYZ067>070-301900-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-NORTHERN
WESTCHESTER-ROCKLAND-PUTNAM-ORANGE-
220 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTH
CENTRAL FAIRFIELD...WESTERN PASSAIC...NORTHWESTERN
BERGEN...ROCKLAND... PUTNAM...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND EASTERN
ORANGE COUNTIES...

AT 218 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GARDNERTOWN TO NEAR BRANCHVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWBURGH...NEW WINDSOR AND GARDNERTOWN AROUND 225 PM EDT.
  FAHNESTOCK STATE PARK AROUND 230 PM EDT.   WEST MILFORD...UPPER
  GREENWOOD LAKE AROUND 235 PM EDT.
  RINGWOOD AND GREENWOOD LAKE AROUND 240 PM EDT.
  SUFFERN...SHERMAN...SLOATSBURG...BROOKFIELD AND NEW FAIRFIELD
  AROUND 245 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4164 7350 4150 7344 4151 7339 4108 7380
      4106 7449 4109 7450 4120 7437 4129 7454
      4157 7411 4159 7395 4153 7400 4146 7400
      4144 7398 4145 7398 4149 7393 4153 7353
      4164 7352 4165 7349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 262DEG 61KT 4153 7409 4111 7473

PW

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 2:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
248 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

CTZ005-006-009-NJZ002-004-103-104-NYZ067>071-301930-
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-EASTERN
PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN BERGEN-NORTHERN
WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-ROCKLAND-PUTNAM-ORANGE-
248 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
FAIRFIELD...NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN...PASSAIC...
BERGEN...ROCKLAND...PUTNAM...WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE
COUNTIES...

AT 246 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PASSAIC COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY NORTHEAST INTO
PUTNAM COUNTY NEW YORK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YONKERS...BRIDGEPORT...STAMFORD...WATERBURY...NORWALK...DANBURY...NEW
ROCHELLE...WHITE PLAINS...MILFORD...SOUTHINGTON...SHELTON...
NAUGATUCK...PORT CHESTER...PARAMUS...WEST MILFORD...OSSINING...
RIDGEWOOD...PEEKSKILL...SOUTHBURY AND NEW CANAAN.

LAT...LON 4156 7291 4118 7313 4101 7360 4099 7363
      4100 7361 4099 7360 4088 7377 4104 7450
      4150 7382 4153 7353 4160 7352 4160 7348
      4150 7344 4151 7339 4147 7331 4149 7333
      4151 7316 4156 7316 4164 7294
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 276DEG 39KT 4153 7369 4128 7402 4105 7438

PW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 9:53 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		26 hr
Oct 30, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	40 min
Oct 30, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond	51 min
Oct 30, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 1 more	49 min
Oct 30, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		59 min
Oct 30, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond	47 min
Oct 30, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	39 min
Oct 30, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens	47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New York, 2016 Special Weather Statements in Connecticut, 2016 Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.