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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

June 7, 2021Putnam County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2021, 4:54 PM EDT for Putnam County, New York. It was in force for 51 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: Jun 7, 2021, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

County Putnam County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 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 Jun 7, 4:46 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 4:46 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:49 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
343 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

CTZ009-NYZ070-071-072030-
Southern Fairfield-Southern Westchester-Northern Westchester-
343 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...

At 343 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Dobbs Ferry,
moving east at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

This storm will be near...
  Scarsdale around 355 PM EDT.
  White Plains and Hawthorne around 400 PM EDT.
  Harrison around 405 PM EDT.
  Port Chester around 410 PM EDT.
  Greenwich around 425 PM EDT.
  Stamford around 430 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4091 7391 4093 7392 4100 7389 4109 7389
      4121 7358 4101 7350 4099 7356 4100 7359
      4097 7362 4097 7365 4096 7366 4091 7388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 248DEG 17KT 4101 7386

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
346 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

NYZ067>070-072030-
Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-Orange-
346 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...
ORANGE...PUTNAM AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...

At 345 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Glen Spey to near Haverstraw.
Movement was northeast at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.

These storms will be near...
  Haverstraw and Pomona around 350 PM EDT.
  Peekskill around 405 PM EDT.
  Huguenot around 410 PM EDT.
  Yorktown Heights around 425 PM EDT.
  Mahopac and Cuddebackville around 430 PM EDT.

This includes the following New York State COVID tent site
Anthony Wayne Rec Center.

LAT...LON 4150 7448 4157 7442 4159 7436 4150 7400
      4146 7400 4144 7398 4149 7394 4139 7354
      4136 7354 4115 7393 4131 7460 4136 7469
      4137 7469 4139 7471 4140 7474 4143 7474
      4142 7475 4144 7476 4146 7475 4149 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 224DEG 12KT 4143 7482 4122 7396

NV

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:19 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
419 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

CTZ005-009-NYZ068-070-072100-
Northern Fairfield-Southern Fairfield-Putnam-Northern Westchester-
419 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FAIRFIELD...
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...

At 419 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Yorktown Heights to near Greenwich.
Movement was northeast at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Stamford, Danbury, New Canaan, Mount Kisco, Sherman, Brewster,
Fairfield, Greenwich, Ridgefield, Bethel, Wilton, New Fairfield,
Weston, Redding and Bedford.

LAT...LON 4154 7350 4121 7329 4109 7363 4129 7382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 231DEG 15KT 4129 7374 4110 7361

NV

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:24 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
424 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

CTZ006-072115-
Northern New Haven-
424 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY...

At 424 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Southbury,
moving northeast at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

This storm will be near...
  Waterbury and Naugatuck around 515 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4148 7294 4142 7321 4143 7322 4143 7324
      4144 7324 4144 7325 4150 7332 4151 7332
      4151 7316 4156 7317 4157 7309 4159 7308
      4159 7306 4161 7305 4161 7303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 242DEG 8KT 4149 7324

NV

Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:49 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:54 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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
Jun 7, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam	52 min
Jun 7, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Westchester	28 min
Jun 7, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	45 min
Jun 7, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bronx, New York	52 min
Jun 7, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Westchester	47 min
Jun 7, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange, Putnam	44 min
Jun 7, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Queens	43 min
Jun 7, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Dutchess	20 min
Jun 7, 12:34 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	OKX	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union	27 hr
Jun 7, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Passaic	35 min
Jun 7, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Bergen	48 min
Jun 7, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		41 min
Jun 7, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.