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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 19, 2025, 3:18 PM EST for 9 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 57 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
- Dec 19, 2025, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2025, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 528 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Dec 19, 2:06 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 2:06 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service New York NY 210 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-201100- Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex- Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven- Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Western Passaic- Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-Western Essex- Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange-Putnam-Rockland- Northern Westchester-Southern Westchester-New York (Manhattan)-Bronx- Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwest Suffolk- Northeast Suffolk-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Northern Queens-Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 210 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey and southeast New York. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time that would meet NWS warning criteria. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. && This Hazardous Weather Outlook provides a summary of potential widespread hazardous weather events that may reach NWS warning criteria. Most long fused NWS watches, warnings, and advisories in effect are highlighted. Please refer to the latest NWS forecasts for weather not meeting NWS warning criteria. ANZ331-332-335-338-340-345-201100- Long Island Sound East of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY to the Mouth of the Connecticut River- Long Island Sound East of the Mouth of the Connecticut River- Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY- New York Harbor-Peconic and Gardiners Bays- South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay- 210 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time that would meet NWS warning criteria. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. && This Hazardous Weather Outlook provides a summary of potential widespread hazardous weather events that may reach NWS warning criteria. Most long fused NWS watches, warnings, and advisories in effect are highlighted. Please refer to the latest NWS forecasts for weather not meeting NWS warning criteria. ANZ350-353-355-201100- Moriches Inlet NY to Montauk Point NY out 20 nm- Fire Island Inlet NY to Moriches Inlet NY out 20 nm- Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 nm- 210 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Gale force wind gusts will be possible late Saturday night through Sunday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. && This Hazardous Weather Outlook provides a summary of potential widespread hazardous weather events that may reach NWS warning criteria. Most long fused NWS watches, warnings, and advisories in effect are highlighted. Please refer to the latest NWS forecasts for weather not meeting NWS warning criteria.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 19, 11:29 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New York NY
1135 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1011 AM Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 S Rowayton 41.04N 73.44W
12/19/2025 M70 MPH ANZ335 CT Mesonet
Mesonet station XGLL Greens Ledge Light.
&&
DSRLocal storm report, Dec 19, 12:02 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New York NY
1202 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1143 AM High Sust Winds 4 ENE Plum Island 41.20N 72.12W
12/19/2025 M45 MPH Suffolk NY Mesonet
Mesonet station XGUL Great Gull Island.
&&
DSRLocal storm report, Dec 19, 3:05 PM EST, 13 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New York NY
305 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 SE Port Jefferson 40.94N 73.05W
12/19/2025 Suffolk NY Public
Large tree down in Port Jefferson near North
Country Road and 2nd Avenue.
&&
JELocal storm report, Dec 19, 3:16 PM EST, 2 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New York NY
316 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 E Dix Hills 40.80N 73.30W
12/19/2025 Suffolk NY Dept of Highways
Crews removing downed tree near Commack Road
along the LIE North Service Road. Time
estimated.
&&
JEThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:23 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 82 min | |
| Dec 19, 4:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Queens and 3 more | 48 min |
| Dec 19, 4:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 62 min | |
| Dec 19, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 37 min |
| Dec 19, 5:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 33 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.