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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

August 9, 2019Essex County, Hudson County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2019, 12:32 PM EDT for Essex County, Hudson County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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 9, 2019, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2019, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2019-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2019-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 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 9, 12:27 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 12:27 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 4:20 AM EDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service New York NY
420 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-100830-
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-
420 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-100830-
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-
420 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Today 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 9, 10:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 9, 10:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1021 AM EDT FRI AUG 09 2019

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

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNW KNOLLCREST        41.51N  73.47W
08/08/2019                   FAIRFIELD          CT   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            DOWNED TREE ALONG WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS AT THE LOWER
            BOAT LAUNCH IN SQUANTZ POND STATE PARK IN THE KNOLLCREST
            SECTION OF NEW FAIRFIELD

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 9, 11:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1127 AM EDT FRI AUG 09 2019

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

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELMHURST                40.73N  73.87W
08/08/2019                   QUEENS             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OUTLFLOW WINDS FROM A THUNDERSTORM RESULTED IN A DOWNED
            TREE AT HOFFMAN DRIVE AND WOODHAVEN BOULEVARD

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 9, 11:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1131 AM EDT FRI AUG 09 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.

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNW KNOLLCREST        41.51N  73.47W
08/08/2019                   FAIRFIELD          CT   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            DOWNED TREE ALONG WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS AT THE LOWER
            BOAT LAUNCH IN SQUANTZ POND STATE PARK IN THE KNOLLCREST
            SECTION OF NEW FAIRFIELD

0712 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W BUNKER HILL         41.57N  73.08W
08/08/2019                   NEW HAVEN          CT   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREE DOWN ON TRUMPET BROOK ROAD.

0729 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 1 ESE ROUND BEACH       41.08N  73.38W
08/08/2019  M39 MPH          ANZ335             CT   WXFLOW

            NORWALK LIGHT WXFLOW

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELMHURST                40.73N  73.87W
08/08/2019                   QUEENS             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OUTLFLOW WINDS FROM A THUNDERSTORM RESULTED IN A DOWNED
            TREE AT HOFFMAN DRIVE AND WOODHAVEN BOULEVARD

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E SHORT HILLS         40.75N  74.31W
08/08/2019                   ESSEX              NJ   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE REPORTED DOWN ON SINCLAIR TERRACE

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W LAKEVIEW            40.68N  73.66W
08/08/2019                   NASSAU             NY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WITH CREWS ON SCENE TO
            CLEAN UP AND RESTORE POWER

0837 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 1 E POINT LOOKOUT       40.59N  73.56W
08/08/2019  M40 MPH          NASSAU             NY   WXFLOW

            JONES BEACH COAST GUARD WXFLOW STATION.

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 9, 12:17 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1217 PM EDT FRI AUG 09 2019

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

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ESE CALDWELL          40.84N  74.27W
08/08/2019                   ESSEX              NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE REPORTED DOWN ON ELM ROAD

&&

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 12:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
1232 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

NJZ004-006-104>108-091715-
Hudson-Eastern Union-Eastern Essex-Western Union-Western
Essex-Eastern Bergen-Eastern Passaic-
1232 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HUDSON...EASTERN PASSAIC...
CENTRAL UNION...SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN AND ESSEX COUNTIES...

At 1231 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over East Hanover,
or near Morristown, moving southeast at 35 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Newark, Paterson, Elizabeth, Passaic, Bayonne, Bloomfield,
Hackensack, Orange, Summit, Lyndhurst, Millburn, Rutherford,
Secaucus, Harrison and Ridgefield.

LAT...LON 4071 7441 4076 7436 4076 7438 4079 7437
      4082 7434 4086 7432 4087 7434 4090 7433
      4089 7428 4090 7427 4093 7429 4095 7428
      4092 7413 4089 7413 4091 7409 4088 7396
      4064 7412 4065 7419 4062 7420
TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 298DEG 33KT 4084 7439

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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 8, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk41 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

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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.