Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 6:12 PM EDT for Richmond County, New York; 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 46 min. 4 reports 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
- May 26, 2021, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 6:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Richmond County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chatham, NJ | MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE AREA. TIME REPORTED FROM THE OBSERVER. |
| May 26, 6:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Mountainside, NJ | LARGE TREE WAS UPROOTED ON CHARLES STREET AND IS LEANING ON POWER LINES. |
| May 26, 6:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fair Lawn, NJ | LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| May 26, 7:03 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 55 | 2 Ese Jersey City, NJ | MESONET STATION FW2280 JERSEY CITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
997
WUUS51 KOKX 262212
SVROKX
NJC003-013-017-031-039-NYC085-262315-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0009.210526T2212Z-210526T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service New York NY
612 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Hudson County in northeastern New Jersey...
Eastern Passaic County in northeastern New Jersey...
Union County in northeastern New Jersey...
Southeastern Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey...
Essex County in northeastern New Jersey...
Richmond County in southeastern New York...
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 611 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Succasunna-Kenvil to Lawrenceville, moving east at
40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Fairfield around 640 PM EDT.
Caldwell around 645 PM EDT.
Bloomfield around 650 PM EDT.
Paterson and Passaic around 655 PM EDT.
Paramus and Teterboro around 700 PM EDT.
Hackensack and Ridgefield around 705 PM EDT.
Bergenfield and Fort Lee around 710 PM EDT.
This includes the following New York State COVID tent site
Staten Island OMH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4051 7424 4050 7428 4051 7426 4060 7422
4060 7446 4066 7440 4065 7445 4067 7446
4076 7436 4076 7438 4086 7432 4091 7433
4089 7428 4092 7428 4097 7390 4076 7401
4070 7402 4068 7406 4060 7403 4053 7410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 262DEG 33KT 4087 7467 4031 7471
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
632
WWUS51 KOKX 262241
SVSOKX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
641 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
NJC003-013-017-031-039-NYC085-262315-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
Hudson NJ-Passaic NJ-Union NJ-Bergen NJ-Essex NJ-Richmond NY-
641 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR HUDSON...EASTERN PASSAIC...UNION...SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN...ESSEX
AND RICHMOND COUNTIES...
At 641 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Fairfield to near Tottenville, moving northeast at 55
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
These severe storms will be near...
Caldwell and Fairfield around 645 PM EDT.
Paterson and Passaic around 650 PM EDT.
Hackensack and Paramus around 655 PM EDT.
Bergenfield around 700 PM EDT.
This includes the following New York State COVID tent site
Staten Island OMH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4051 7424 4050 7428 4051 7426 4060 7422
4060 7446 4066 7440 4065 7445 4067 7446
4076 7436 4076 7438 4086 7432 4091 7433
4089 7428 4092 7428 4097 7390 4076 7401
4070 7402 4068 7406 4060 7403 4053 7410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 244DEG 47KT 4091 7432 4049 7424
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$331
WWUS51 KOKX 262258
SVSOKX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
658 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
NJC003-013-017-031-039-NYC085-262308-
/O.CAN.KOKX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
Hudson NJ-Passaic NJ-Union NJ-Bergen NJ-Essex NJ-Richmond NY-
658 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HUDSON...EASTERN PASSAIC...
UNION...SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN...ESSEX AND RICHMOND COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled. However gusty winds up to 50 mph are still possible
with these thunderstorms.
LAT...LON 4051 7424 4050 7428 4051 7426 4060 7422
4060 7446 4066 7440 4065 7445 4067 7446
4076 7436 4076 7438 4086 7432 4091 7433
4089 7428 4092 7428 4097 7390 4076 7401
4070 7402 4068 7406 4060 7403 4053 7410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 262DEG 33KT 4093 7413 4051 7405
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 90 min | |
| May 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens and 2 more | 60 min |
| May 26, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland, Westchester | 24 min |
| May 26, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 94 min | |
| May 26, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 41 min |
| May 26, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 25 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.