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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS New York, NY

June 8, 2021Putnam County, Westchester County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2021, 2:07 PM EDT for Putnam County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 8, 2021, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Putnam County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2021-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 740 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

317 
WUUS51 KOKX 081807
SVROKX
NYC079-119-081845-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0018.210608T1807Z-210608T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service New York NY
207 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Westchester County in southeastern New York...
  Putnam County in southeastern New York...

* Until 245 PM EDT.

* At 207 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Peekskill,
  moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Peekskill, Mahopac, Lake Carmel, Brewster, Carmel, Fahnestock State
  Park, Jefferson Valley and Putnam Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4136 7358 4124 7393 4128 7395 4129 7394
      4130 7395 4134 7397 4135 7396 4137 7396
      4140 7395 4140 7396 4141 7396 4151 7368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 241DEG 15KT 4136 7386 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JC
1 follow-up statement
995 
WWUS51 KOKX 081843
SVSOKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
243 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

NYC079-119-081853-
/O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210608T1845Z/
Westchester NY-Putnam NY-
243 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND
PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4136 7358 4124 7393 4128 7395 4129 7394
      4130 7395 4134 7397 4135 7396 4137 7396
      4140 7395 4140 7396 4141 7396 4151 7368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 241DEG 15KT 4143 7369 

$$

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:04 AM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryOKX9 hr
Jun 8, 12:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXOrange3 hr
Jun 8, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange41 min
Jun 8, 1:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXOrange3 hr
Jun 8, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange62 min
Jun 8, 2:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXOrange118 min
Jun 8, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXPutnam, Rockland, Westchester49 min
Jun 8, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland, Westchester35 min
Jun 8, 3:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXRockland, Westchester114 min
Jun 8, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Rockland, Westchester50 min
Jun 8, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX62 min
Jun 8, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond46 min
Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXRockland, Westchester3 hr
Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond2 hr
Jun 8, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX43 min
Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond43 min
Jun 8, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX45 min
Jun 8, 4:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXNassau, Queens56 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.