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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS New York, NY

August 19, 2024Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2024, 6:34 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 41 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 19, 2024, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2024, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 12:00Z on 2024-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1003 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1003 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.1

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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 Aug 19, 3:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 4:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:34 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 19, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXWestchester40 min
Aug 18, 8:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXPutnam, Westchester2 hr
Aug 18, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX57 min
Aug 18, 8:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk3 hr
Aug 18, 8:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Suffolk3 hr
Aug 18, 9:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXOrange, Rockland3 hr
Aug 18, 9:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk3 hr
Aug 18, 10:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXRockland, Westchester3 hr
Aug 18, 10:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Suffolk49 min
Aug 18, 11:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXSuffolk3 hr
Aug 18, 11:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk5 min
Aug 18, 11:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXSuffolk7 hr
Aug 19, 12:10 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatOKXNassau, Suffolk3 hr
Aug 19, 12:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXKings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond90 min
Aug 19, 12:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX55 min
Aug 19, 1:20 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatOKXSuffolk3 hr
Aug 19, 2:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk2 hr
Aug 19, 4:28 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKXKings, Richmond, Westchester22 hr
Aug 19, 4:28 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Queens18 hr
Aug 19, 4:44 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningOKXSuffolk9 hr
Aug 19, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk50 min
Aug 19, 3:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk3 hr
Aug 19, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXSuffolk82 min
Aug 19, 4:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk94 min
Aug 19, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Westchester36 min
Aug 19, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX41 min
Aug 19, 6:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk91 min
Aug 19, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNassau45 min
Aug 18, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX47 min
Aug 18, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX47 min
Aug 18, 11:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region11 hr
Aug 19, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX46 min
Aug 19, 4:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region3 hr
Aug 19, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX50 min
Aug 19, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX58 min
Aug 19, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKX62 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.