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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2018, 7:16 PM EDT for Orange County, 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 3, 2018, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
County Orange County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
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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 3, 3:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service New York NY 321 PM EDT Fri Aug 3 2018 CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-041000- 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- 321 PM EDT Fri Aug 3 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey and southeast New York. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Showers and thunderstorms through tonight may produce excessive rainfall with a risk for localized flooding especially across urban areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Showers and thunderstorms through Saturday morning may produce excessive rainfall with a risk for localized flooding especially across urban areas. .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. ANZ345-041000- South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay- 321 PM EDT Fri Aug 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms through tonight may produce excessive rainfall with a risk for localized flooding especially across urban areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Showers and thunderstorms through Saturday morning may produce excessive rainfall with a risk for localized flooding especially across urban areas. .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. ANZ330-335-338-340-350-353-355-041000- 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- 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- 321 PM EDT Fri Aug 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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.
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, Queens | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 51 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 47 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 116 min |
| Aug 3, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Queens and 2 more | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 46 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 22 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 3:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 88 min |
| Aug 3, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.