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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

May 26, 2021Orange County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 4:44 PM EDT for Orange County, New York. It was in force for 46 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 26, 2021, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

County Orange County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

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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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 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 26, 4:38 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 4:38 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 4:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
444 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

NYZ067-262130-
Orange-
444 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY...

At 444 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Millrift, or
near Port Jervis, moving east at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.

This storm will be near...
  Cuddebackville and Huguenot around 455 PM EDT.
  Otisville around 500 PM EDT.
  Middletown and Howells around 510 PM EDT.
  Goshen around 520 PM EDT.
  Montgomery around 525 PM EDT.
  Walden around 530 PM EDT.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 4150 7448 4157 7442 4160 7433 4163 7426
      4163 7425 4160 7425 4158 7413 4161 7413
      4161 7411 4135 7406 4134 7467 4136 7470
      4139 7471 4140 7474 4143 7474 4143 7476
      4145 7476 4146 7475 4149 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 263DEG 33KT 4144 7475

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Richmond	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
May 26, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	48 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.