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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS New York, NY

July 2, 2022Putnam County, New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2022, 6:00 PM EDT for Putnam County, New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2022, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2022, 6:31 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Putnam County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 2, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 1303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 4.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 4:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 4:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 2:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:19 PM EDT, 41 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
Jul 2, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	45 min
Jul 2, 12:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange	52 min
Jul 2, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam	44 min
Jul 2, 1:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam	31 min
Jul 2, 2:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	39 min
Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	84 min
Jul 2, 3:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	65 min
Jul 2, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Suffolk	43 min
Jul 2, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		37 min
Jul 2, 3:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	80 min
Jul 2, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		62 min
Jul 2, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		63 min
Jul 2, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	39 min
Jul 2, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		56 min
Jul 2, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		40 min
Jul 2, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	45 min
Jul 2, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		56 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.