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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS New York, NY

April 21, 2021Putnam County, New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT for Putnam County, New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 50 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
Apr 21, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Putnam County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 21, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2021-04-21Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 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
1427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

650 
WUUS51 KOKX 211810
SVROKX
CTC001-NYC079-211900-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0003.210421T1810Z-210421T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service New York NY
210 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Fairfield County in southern Connecticut...
  Putnam County in southeastern New York...

* Until 300 PM EDT.

* At 209 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cold Spring,
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Fahnestock State Park around 220 PM EDT.
  Lake Carmel and Carmel around 230 PM EDT.
  Brewster around 235 PM EDT.
  New Fairfield around 240 PM EDT.
  Danbury and Brookfield around 250 PM EDT.
  Newtown around 255 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4164 7350 4150 7344 4151 7339 4148 7336
      4147 7330 4145 7330 4145 7328 4144 7327
      4134 7396 4140 7395 4140 7396 4144 7398
      4149 7393 4153 7353 4165 7352 4166 7349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 255DEG 39KT 4144 7399 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
219 
WWUS51 KOKX 211842
SVSOKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
242 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021

CTC001-NYC079-211900-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210421T1900Z/
Fairfield CT-Putnam NY-
242 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL FAIRFIELD AND EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...

At 242 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carmel, or near
Lake Carmel, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe storm will be near...
  Lake Carmel around 245 PM EDT.
  Brewster around 250 PM EDT.
  New Fairfield around 300 PM EDT.
  Brookfield around 310 PM EDT.
  Danbury and Bethel around 315 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4136 7379 4150 7381 4150 7379 4153 7353
      4156 7353 4157 7347 4150 7344 4151 7339
      4142 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 264DEG 25KT 4143 7371 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 8:48 PM EDTFreeze WatchOKXOrange, Putnam7 hr
Apr 21, 3:41 AM EDTFreeze WarningOKXOrange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester29 hr
Apr 21, 10:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNassau47 min
Apr 21, 12:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk23 min
Apr 21, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange, Rockland67 min
Apr 21, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange, Rockland64 min
Apr 21, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens and 2 more85 min
Apr 21, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Nassau, New York, Queens, Westchester48 min
Apr 21, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX61 min
Apr 21, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester47 min
Apr 21, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX86 min
Apr 21, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPutnam, Westchester67 min
Apr 21, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX113 min
Apr 21, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk19 min
Apr 21, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX46 min
Apr 21, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX58 min

Nearby

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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.