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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS New York, NY

June 8, 2021Bergen County, New Jersey; Rockland County, Westchester County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2021, 2:40 PM EDT for Bergen County, New Jersey; Rockland County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2021, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 3:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTappan, NYLARGE BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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

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The text

As transmitted.

387 
WUUS51 KOKX 081840
SVROKX
NJC003-NYC087-119-081915-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0019.210608T1840Z-210608T1915Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey...
  Northern Westchester County in southeastern New York...
  Rockland County in southeastern New York...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 236 PM EDT, an area of severe thunderstorms was located in the 
  area, moving northeast at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ossining, Haverstraw, Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, Nyack, Tappan, Pearl
  River, Norwood, Hawthorne, Orangeburg, Upper Nyack, Yorktown
  Heights, Westwood, Hillsdale and River Vale.

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 4102 7385 4100 7390 4097 7406 4123 7396
      4131 7372 4119 7376 4110 7378 4108 7380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 233DEG 10KT 4121 7389 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXPassaic118 min
Jun 8, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBergen, Passaic49 min
Jun 8, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen47 min
Jun 8, 3:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBergen114 min
Jun 8, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen50 min
Jun 8, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXEssex, Union46 min
Jun 8, 3:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union3 hr
Jun 8, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Union46 min
Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBergen3 hr
Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXHudson2 hr
Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHudson43 min
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, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPutnam, Westchester38 min
Jun 8, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX62 min
Jun 8, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.