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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

August 8, 2019Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2019, 8:04 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 41 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 8, 2019, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2019, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

County Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 284 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, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2019-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 665 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2019-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 Aug 8, 7:43 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 7:43 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service New York NY
700 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019

CTZ005>007-009>011-NJZ002-004-103-104-NYZ068>071-092300-
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-
Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-Southern Middlesex-
Western Passaic-Eastern Passaic-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-Putnam-
Rockland-Northern Westchester-Southern Westchester-
700 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 563 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

CTZ008-012-NJZ006-105>108-NYZ067-072>075-078>081-176>179-092300-
Northern New London-Southern New London-Hudson-Western Essex-
Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange-
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-
700 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-092300-
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-
700 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 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...Friday through Wednesday.

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 8, 7:09 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
709 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019

CTZ006-007-010-090000-
Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-Southern New Haven-
709 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NEW HAVEN AND NORTHERN MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES...

At 708 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Woodbury
Center, or near Southbury, moving east at 45 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
New Haven, Waterbury, Meriden, Middletown, Wallingford, Naugatuck,
Guilford, Southbury, Wolcott, East Hampton, Durham, Hamden, Cheshire,
Branford and North Haven.

LAT...LON 4158 7246 4125 7286 4148 7332 4151 7330
      4151 7316 4156 7316 4157 7309 4161 7305
      4164 7298 4164 7294 4156 7295 4156 7288
      4155 7285 4157 7284 4155 7282 4157 7280
      4158 7275 4163 7271 4164 7263 4165 7250
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 285DEG 39KT 4157 7319

PW
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 7:15 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
715 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019

CTZ005-006-009-010-NYZ070-071-090000-
Northern Fairfield-Southern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Southern New
Haven-Southern Westchester-Northern Westchester-
715 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FAIRFIELD...SOUTHWESTERN NEW
HAVEN AND CENTRAL WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...

At 713 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Bedford, or
over Mount Kisco, moving east at 45 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.
In addition, strong gusts out of ahead of the storms will impact
southeast Westchester and most of Fairfield counties.

Locations impacted include...
Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Norwalk, Danbury, Milford, Shelton,
Port Chester, Southbury, New Canaan, Mount Kisco, Newtown, Fairfield,
Greenwich and Stratford.

LAT...LON 4125 7286 4123 7290 4125 7292 4119 7301
      4120 7305 4114 7312 4116 7317 4110 7325
      4112 7330 4110 7333 4105 7338 4097 7365
      4115 7388 4147 7331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 288DEG 38KT 4121 7368

PW
Local storm report, Aug 8, 7:18 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
718 PM EDT THU AUG 08 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0624 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MONTGOMERY              41.52N  74.24W
08/08/2019                   ORANGE             NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON MAYWOOD ROAD.

&&

FEB
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 7:45 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 8:04 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk42 min
Aug 9, 11:49 AM EDTRip Current StatementOKXSuffolk8 hr
Aug 9, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, Kings, New York40 min
Aug 9, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXKings, New York, Queens46 min
Aug 9, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXEssex, Hudson43 min

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Special Weather Statements in New York, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019

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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.