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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

May 8, 2021Richmond County, New York; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2021, 11:36 AM EDT for Richmond County, New York; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 54 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: May 8, 2021, 11:36 AM EDT (15:36 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Richmond County, NY

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 8, 10:54 AM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 10:54 AM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 3:48 AM EDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 11:36 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
1136 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ074-081630-
Hudson-Eastern Union-Eastern Essex-Western Bergen-Western
Union-Western Essex-Eastern Bergen-Eastern Passaic-Richmond (Staten
Is.)-
1136 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT HUDSON...EASTERN PASSAIC...UNION...
SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN...ESSEX AND RICHMOND COUNTIES...

At 1135 AM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from near Boonton to near Union to Matawan. Movement was
east at 15 mph.

Pea size hail is possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Passaic, Bayonne, Wayne,
Hoboken, Bloomfield, Hackensack, Linden, Orange, Bergenfield, Paramus
and Summit.

LAT...LON 4049 7428 4059 7421 4061 7435 4073 7438
      4076 7436 4076 7438 4079 7437 4082 7433
      4086 7432 4087 7434 4090 7433 4090 7427
      4097 7428 4098 7412 4095 7391 4069 7403
      4068 7406 4066 7405 4053 7411 4050 7422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 260DEG 10KT 4093 7436 4066 7427 4040 7422

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Richmond	38 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.