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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS New York, NY

August 13, 2026Orange County, Putnam County, Westchester County, New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2026, 12:27 AM EDT for Orange County, Putnam County, Westchester County, New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 48 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 13, 2026, 12:27 AM EDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2026, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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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 12, 11:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 11:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 3:38 AM EDT, 20 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 11:47 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 12:04 AM EDT, 23 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
Aug 12, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange	43 min
Aug 13, 12:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam	41 min
Aug 13, 12:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange, Putnam	85 min
Aug 13, 12:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		88 min
Aug 13, 12:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Westchester	104 min
Aug 13, 2:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	44 min
Aug 13, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		54 min
Aug 13, 2:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	3 hr
Aug 13, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	44 min
Aug 13, 3:32 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	OKX	Nassau	19 hr
Aug 13, 5:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		57 min
Aug 13, 5:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	45 min
Aug 13, 5:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		61 min
Aug 13, 6:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	109 min
Aug 13, 6:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Suffolk	94 min
Aug 13, 12:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		46 min
Aug 13, 1:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		45 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.