1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 9, 1:15 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 215 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2002 SHORT TERM WX DISC...THE LTST LOOP OF IR SAT IMAGERY SHOWS AN INCREASING AREA OF COLD CLOUD TOPS EXPANDING FURTHER NORTH INTO NRN NY STATE AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS NRN PA AS IT ADVECTS EWD TOWARD THE REGION. RADAR SHOWS SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS CONT TO DEVELOP IN THE DRY SLOT ACROSS ERN PA. PRE-EXISTING CLOUD COVER HAS LIMITED INSTABILITY. SEA BREEZES ARE WEAK. THE SURFACE CD FNT...WHICH IS THE MAIN TRIGGERING MECHANISM IS STILL FAR TO OUR WEST. THE BOTTOM LINE...IM NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE TSTMS ACROSS THE REGION. WITH SFC DEW POINTS BETWEEN 65 AND 70 DEGS AND WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTENTS BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES...ANY TSTMS THAT DO FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING HVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING. I PLAN TO FCST POPS OF 70 PCT ACROSS OUR NORTH ZONES AND 60 PCT ALONG THE COAST...UNTIL ABOUT MIDN. WED - FRI...AN EXCEPTIONALLY COOL AIR MASS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...PUSHED BY A 1026 TO 1030 MB HIGH...WILL PREVAIL WED THROUGH FRI. IN GENERAL...I PLAN TO LEAN TWD THE COOLEST NUMERICAL GUIDANCE VALUES THROUGHOUT THIS PD...WHICH ACTUALLY PRODUCE LOWS FROM 45 TO 50 DEGS DURING WED NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY IN NY AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN CT. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...WE WILL CONT THE SCA FOR COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WE WILL INCREASE OUR WIND SPEED FCST TO AROUND 20 KTS FOR LATE WED...FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE MAIN SHOT/TIGHT THICKNESS GRADIENT...OF LOW LVL COOL AIR. WE MAY HAVE TO RE-ISSUE A SCA FOR MARGINAL WIND SPEEDS. OKX. CT...NONE. NY...NONE. NJ...NONE. MARINE...SCA ON THE OCEAN...ANZ350-353-355. GC
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter, and local media reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts knocked several large tree limbs and power lines down. Local newspapers reported that about 7000 homes and businesses lost power for anywhere from a few hours to about a day.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 2002
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