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Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY

June 21, 2021Richmond County, New York; Essex County, Union County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 9:09 PM EDT for Richmond County, New York; Essex County, Union County, New Jersey. 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 21, 2021, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2021-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

866 
WWUS81 KOKX 220109
SPSOKX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
909 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

NJZ006-105>108-NYZ074-220200-
Hudson-Eastern Union-Eastern Essex-Western Union-Western
Essex-Richmond (Staten Is.)-
909 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HUDSON...UNION...ESSEX AND 
RICHMOND COUNTIES...

At 908 PM EDT, an area of developing showers and thunderstorms was 
located over Society Hill, or near New Brunswick, moving northeast 
at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this activity.

Locations impacted include...
Newark, Elizabeth, Bayonne, Plainfield, Linden, Orange, Summit,
Millburn, Harrison, Todt Hill, Caldwell, Huguenot, The Verrazano
Narrows Bridge, Port Richmond and Tottenville.

This includes the following New York State COVID tent site 
Staten Island OMH.
 
These storms 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 4049 7427 4052 7425 4055 7425 4056 7421
      4060 7422 4059 7428 4060 7446 4066 7440
      4067 7440 4065 7445 4067 7446 4076 7436
      4076 7438 4086 7432 4087 7434 4091 7433
      4068 7406 4059 7404 4053 7412 4050 7422
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 230DEG 24KT 4055 7446 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange37 min
Jun 21, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange43 min
Jun 21, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXRockland45 min
Jun 21, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester49 min
Jun 21, 9:44 PM EDTTornado WarningOKXRockland, Westchester21 min
Jun 21, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXPutnam, Westchester47 min
Jun 22, 5:26 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKXNassau16 hr
Jun 22, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk51 min
Jun 22, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk53 min
Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX12 hr
Jun 22, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX47 min
Jun 22, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX56 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.