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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS New York, NY

August 18, 2024Orange County, Rockland County, New York; Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2024, 5:54 PM EDT for Orange County, Rockland County, New York; Bergen County, Passaic 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2024, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2024, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Rockland County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 18, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

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 Aug 17, 7:20 PM EDT, 22 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 7:20 PM EDT, 22 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 9:08 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKXKings, Queens, Richmond25 hr
Aug 17, 9:08 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Westchester28 hr
Aug 18, 4:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Westchester113 min
Aug 18, 6:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Queens, Suffolk3 hr
Aug 18, 7:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXWestchester2 hr
Aug 18, 8:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Queens, Westchester61 min
Aug 18, 9:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXWestchester6 hr
Aug 18, 11:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXPutnam, Westchester2 hr
Aug 18, 3:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXWestchester100 min
Aug 18, 4:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXWestchester3 hr
Aug 18, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXOrange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester3 hr
Aug 18, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXRichmond49 min
Aug 18, 6:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXRockland3 hr
Aug 18, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBronx, New York, Richmond, Rockland, Westchester3 hr
Aug 18, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX51 min
Aug 18, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXKings, Queens, Richmond43 min
Aug 18, 7:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Westchester3 hr
Aug 18, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX42 min
Aug 18, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Passaic, Union47 min
Aug 18, 12:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region3 hr
Aug 18, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX47 min
Aug 18, 2:52 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region9 hr
Aug 18, 4:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region8 hr
Aug 18, 5:18 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2024Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.