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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

August 4, 2020Kings County, New York County, Queens County, New York; Bergen County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2020, 11:21 AM EDT for Kings County, New York County, Queens County, New York; Bergen County, New Jersey. It was in force for 39 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 4, 2020, 11:21 AM EDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 1593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 7.4

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The text

As transmitted.

164 
WWUS81 KOKX 041521
SPSOKX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
1121 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020

NJZ004-006-103-104-NYZ072-073-075-176-178-041600-
Hudson-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-Eastern Passaic-Northern
Queens-Southern Queens-Bronx-New York (Manhattan)-Kings (Brooklyn)-
1121 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020

...AN INTENSE RAIN SHOWER WILL AFFECT HUDSON...EASTERN PASSAIC... 
BERGEN...QUEENS...BRONX...KINGS AND NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTIES...

At 1120 AM EDT, an intense rain shower was located near Rockaway 
Beach, moving northwest at 55 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
New York, Paterson, Passaic, Wayne, Hoboken, Hackensack, Bergenfield,
Paramus, Ridgewood, Lyndhurst, Rutherford, Secaucus, Ramsey,
Ridgefield and Midtown Manhattan.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 4080 7414 4082 7413 4086 7420 4094 7428
      4098 7428 4101 7427 4102 7427 4113 7421
      4105 7401 4058 7374 4054 7389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 149DEG 48KT 4058 7381 

$$

Goodman

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Richmond	61 min
Aug 3, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		40 min
Aug 3, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens	39 min
Aug 3, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk	49 min
Aug 3, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		25 min
Aug 3, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York	40 min
Aug 3, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Nassau	39 min
Aug 3, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		15 min
Aug 3, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		64 min
Aug 3, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	43 min
Aug 3, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		91 min
Aug 3, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	44 min
Aug 3, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	57 min
Aug 3, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam, Westchester	60 min
Aug 3, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		65 min
Aug 3, 10:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	51 min
Aug 3, 10:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam	65 min
Aug 4, 3:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Rockland	38 min
Aug 4, 11:16 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		59 min
Aug 4, 11:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Queens, Richmond and 1 more	3 hr
Aug 4, 12:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		56 min
Aug 4, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		67 min
Aug 4, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		57 min
Aug 4, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		56 min
Aug 4, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		55 min
Aug 4, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		55 min
Aug 4, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		37 min
Aug 4, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		63 min
Aug 4, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		61 min
Aug 4, 2:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Suffolk	25 min
Aug 4, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		45 min
Aug 4, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		34 min
Aug 4, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		28 min
Aug 3, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Essex, Union	41 min
Aug 4, 12:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Passaic	44 min
Aug 4, 1:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	37 min
Aug 4, 2:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	15 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.