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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

August 3, 2019

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2019, 6:58 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 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, 2019, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2019, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.8

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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 3, 3:58 PM EDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:58 PM EDT, 3 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service New York NY
450 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019

NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-042100-
Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-Western Essex-
Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-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-
450 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast New Jersey and
southeast New York.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-042100-
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-
450 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-042100-
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-
Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-
Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Western Passaic-Orange-Putnam-
Rockland-Northern Westchester-
450 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Connecticut,
northeast New Jersey and southeast New York.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
531 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019

CTZ005-006-032215-
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-
531 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN FAIRFIELD AND
NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES...

At 531 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Litchfield to Gaylordsville.
Movement was southeast at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Waterbury, Naugatuck, Southbury, Wolcott, Sherman, Newtown, Cheshire,
Monroe, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Prospect, Middlebury, Beacon Falls
and Oxford.

LAT...LON 4165 7349 4164 7350 4150 7344 4151 7339
      4149 7337 4147 7332 4151 7332 4151 7316
      4156 7316 4157 7309 4161 7305 4164 7298
      4164 7294 4156 7295 4156 7289 4134 7326
      4155 7353 4167 7352 4167 7351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 305DEG 18KT 4175 7330 4164 7350

MD

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 6:58 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
658 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019

CTZ006-032330-
Northern New Haven-
658 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN
COUNTY...

At 658 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Woodbury Center to near Southbury.
Movement was east at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Waterbury, Wallingford, Naugatuck, Southbury, Hamden, Cheshire, North
Haven, Seymour, Derby, Prospect, Woodbridge, Middlebury, Beacon
Falls, Bethany and Ansonia.

LAT...LON 4147 7275 4132 7307 4140 7319 4141 7319
      4143 7322 4143 7323 4149 7333 4151 7332
      4151 7316 4156 7317 4156 7311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 289DEG 12KT 4153 7318 4149 7326

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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 3, 6:17 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	OKX	Nassau	18 hr
Aug 3, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam	45 min
Aug 3, 7:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Putnam	94 min
Aug 3, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam	50 min
Aug 3, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		44 min
Aug 3, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	45 min
Aug 3, 6:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Connecticut, 2019 Every special weather statement in 2019

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.