Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 12, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Dutchess County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1400 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
989
WWUS81 KOKX 122021
SPSOKX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
421 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
CTZ005-122045-
Northern Fairfield CT-
421 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central
Fairfield County through 445 PM EDT...
At 420 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pawling, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Sherman.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4166 7350 4166 7349 4165 7349 4164 7350
4153 7345 4153 7353 4167 7352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 273DEG 35KT 4161 7367
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 8:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 30 min | |
| Aug 11, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, New York, Richmond | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, Queens | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 33 min | |
| Aug 12, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, New York | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 90 min | |
| Aug 12, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 22 min |
| Aug 12, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 52 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.