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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS New York, NY

April 28, 2021Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey; Orange County, Rockland County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT for Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey; Orange County, Rockland County, New York. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Rockland County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-29Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

288 
WUUS51 KOKX 290045
SVROKX
NJC003-031-NYC071-087-290115-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0008.210429T0045Z-210429T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service New York NY
845 PM EDT Wed Apr 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Passaic County in northeastern New Jersey...
  Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey...
  South central Orange County in southeastern New York...
  Rockland County in southeastern New York...

* Until 915 PM EDT.

* At 844 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Highland
  Lake, or near West Milford, 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...
  Ringwood and Pompton Lakes around 855 PM EDT.
  Sloatsburg around 900 PM EDT.
  Ramsey and Suffern around 905 PM EDT.
  New City and Paramus around 910 PM EDT.
  Bergenfield and Nyack around 915 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with this storm will occur before any rain or lightning.
Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4122 7440 4118 7391 4114 7389
      4103 7389 4094 7391 4087 7394 4098 7430
      4100 7430 4101 7439 4103 7442 4102 7443
      4104 7443 4105 7445 4104 7450 4107 7449
      4109 7450
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 284DEG 44KT 4113 7445 

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

JE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBergen, Passaic51 min
Apr 28, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBergen32 min
Apr 29, 3:47 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKXEssex, Hudson, Union23 hr
Apr 29, 3:30 PM EDTWind AdvisoryOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union36 hr
Apr 28, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXRockland, Westchester52 min
Apr 28, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk31 min
Apr 28, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk43 min
Apr 28, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX64 min
Apr 29, 3:47 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Queens, Westchester23 hr
Apr 29, 4:26 AM EDTGale WatchOKX11 hr
Apr 29, 4:26 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX26 hr
Apr 29, 3:33 PM EDTGale WarningOKX38 hr

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.