Strong Wind, Rockland
- When
- May 28, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Rockland forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph) estimated gust
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -74.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in New York, May 28, 2003
As a cluster of heavy showers and thunderstorms moved across Rockland County, peak wind gusts estimated at 35 mph and heavy rain caused 1 large tree branch to fall on and injure 1 woman.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
As a cluster of heavy showers and thunderstorms moved across Rockland County, peak wind gusts estimated at 35 mph and heavy rain caused 1 large tree branch to fall on and injure 1 woman.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 28, 2:05 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:05 PM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 305 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2003 .SYNOPSIS...WINTERLIKE LONG WAVE TROF OVER THE EASTERN US FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THE ANOMALIES FOR THIS TROF ARE IN THE 3 TO 4 SIGMA FROM NORMAL. RATHER AMAZING FOR LATE MAY. .SHORT TERM...UPPER LOW/VORT MAX SEEN NICELY ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SLIDE EAST. INSTABILITY DRIVING CONVECTION TODAY WITH TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. THIS ACTIVITY DISSIPATES QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. .THURSDAY...AS UPPER LOW LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST...ATMOSPHERE ONLY STABILIZES SLIGHTLY. WEAK TROF ALSO APPROACHING FROM WEST AND WITH MORE HEATING TOMORROW, ANY REDUCTION INSTABILITY SHOULD THUS BE OVERCOME. PLANNING ON LIKELY POPS INLAND AND CHC ELSEWHERE. .FRIDAY...YET ANOTHER SHORT WAVE ROTATES IN. .EXTENDED...MODELS SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE NEXT SHORTWAVE FALLING INTO THE LONGWAVE TROUGH. SFC REFLECTION AHEAD OF THE TROUGH RESULTS IN A FAIRLY GOOD SLUG OF QPF SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY. TIMING OF THE LOW PASSAGE ON SUNDAY IS A BIT UNCERTAIN...BUT WILL BE OPTIMISTIC THE BLUSTERY NW FLOW DEVELOPS IN THE AFTERNOON PER AVN WHICH SEEMS MORE IN-LINE WITH THE 00Z GSM ENSEMBLE MEAN. ALL QUIET ON THE MARINE. .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND TSTMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY AT KHPN/KBDR...OTHERWISE VFR. .OKX... CT...NONE. NJ...NONE. NY...NONE. MARINE...NONE. DATABASE...TONGUE AVIATION...GOODMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:38 AM EST, 10 hours 42 minutes before
CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-290930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 438 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY A THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING....OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. EKH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 28, 1:28 PM EST, 52 minutes before
NJZ002>004-NYZ067>070-281930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 228 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2003 AT 228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN UPTON NY HAS DETECTED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEST POINT TO HARRIMAN...SOUTHWEST INTO PASSAIC COUNTY NEW JERSEY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF... COLD SPRING...RINGWOOD AROUND 235 PM... SLOATSBURG...HIGHLAND FALLS...STONETOWN AROUND 240 PM... PEA SIZE HAIL UP...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS IS LIKELY. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...IT IS TIME TO TAKE COVER.
Special weather statement, May 28, 2:20 PM EST, 0 minutes before
NYZ070-071-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 320 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2003 AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN UPTON NY HAS DETECTED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY NEAR THE HUDSON RIVER MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF... CROTON-ON-HUDSON...WOODLAWN...TARRYTOWN...IRVINGTON AROUND 325 PM... OSSINING AROUND 330 PM... PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS IS LIKELY. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 28, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 28, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, May 28, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 28, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Connecticut, May 28, 2003
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, May 28, 2003
- Heat in California, May 28, 2003
- Dust Devil in Alaska, May 28, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 28, 2003
- Wildfire in Hawaii, May 28 to 31, 2003
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 28, 2003
- Hail in New Jersey, May 28, 2003
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5355290.