1 lightning, 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 Jun 1, 1:45 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 245 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)... STRATUS DECK SCATTERED OUT OR LIFTED SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON BUT IT ALL RETURNS THIS EVENING...OVERSPREADING NEARLY THE ENTIRE CWA OVERNIGHT. ALSO LOOKING FOR FOG TO BECOME AN ISSUE OVERNIGHT. WILL INCLUDE THE MENTION THAT SOME OF THIS FOG MAY BE LOCALLY DENSE OVER THE COASTAL ZONES. WILL NOT POST A DENSE FOG ADVISORY BUT THIS IS ONE THING THE EVENING CREW WILL NEED TO REEVALUATE. WITH REGARD TO CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...NOTHING BUT SOME CUMULUS SO FAR JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWA. STILL SEE A CHANCE OF THIS TO TRIGGER OFF SOME SHOWERS SO WILL LEAVE A MENTION OF THIS IN THE FORECAST...ONLY FOR WELL INLAND ZONES. WITH ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUING...WOULD EXPECT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT TO BE A NEAR REPEAT OF TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH FOG AND STRATUS SLOWLY BURNING OFF THURSDAY MORNING...THEN A LITTLE SUNSHINE DURING THE DAY WITH A RETURN OF THE FOG AND STRATUS THURSDAY NIGHT. ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW SEASONAL LEVELS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. && .MID TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... EAST TO WEST RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION SHOULD INCH NORTHWARD THROUGH THIS PERIOD SO LOOKING FOR A THREAT OF SHOWERS FROM LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES REMAIN COOLER THAN NORMAL AS ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... WARMING EXPECTED IN RESPONSE TO RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT AND A SHIFT TO AN OFFSHORE WIND FLOW. SUNDAY WILL BE WARMEST OF THE EXTENDED BEFORE A COOL DOWN AS COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN ONSHORE FLOW SETS UP SO COOLER THAN NORMAL AGAIN ON THE TEMPERATURES. AS SURFACE HIGH TO THE NORTH DRIFTS OUT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...FLOW WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHWEST TOWARD MIDWEEK. AS SUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE OFFERING THEN. WILL INTRODUCE CHANCE POPS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT ONWARD. ALL OF THIS IS IN LINE WITH HPC GUIDANCE. && .HYDROLOGY... NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. && .MARINE... LIGHT WINDS/SEAS EXPECTED THROUGH THU NIGHT AS WEAK HIGH PRES SLOWLY SLIDES E OF THE REGION. DEVELOPING FOG TONIGHT MAY REDUCE VSBY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND THAT FOG WILL DISSIPATE EARLY THU AFTERNOON. WINDS/SEAS REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...BUT AS LOW PRES PASSES WELL S AND E OF THE AREA LATE FRI AND SAT...SEAS MAY BUILD CLOSE TO SCA. WEAK HIGH PRESS THEN BUILDS BACK ON SUN. && .AVIATION... ST DECK HAS PERSISTED FOR MOST OF THE DAY UNTIL THE PAST HR OR SO... AND NOW CU FIELD TAKING OVER. EXPECT CU TO DISSIPATE BY 00Z...BUT THEN WITH MARINE LAYER AND LIGHT SE FLOW IN PLACE...EXPECT A REPEAT ST PERFORMANCE. MODEL SOUNDINGS AND MOS GUIDANCE INDICATING BETTER CHANCE FOR BR/FG OVERNIGHT AND GIVEN LACK OF LOW LEVEL FLOW...THIS LOOK REASONABLE AND HAVE DROPPED MOST TERMINALS TO IFR/LIFR. MAY BE A BIT OPTIMISTIC REGARDING ST/FG BURN OFF TIMING THU AM. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NJ...NONE. NY...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 530 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 NJZ002-NYZ067-021000- ORANGE NY-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ- 530 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK AND WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTY NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT PLEASE SEND ANY REPORTS OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY VIA TELEPHONE OR OUR STORM REPORT WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/OKX/REPORT.HTML (ALL LOWER CASE). ANZ330-335-338-CTZ005>012-NJZ003>006-011-NYZ068>081-021000- BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ- KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY- NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT- NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY- NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-PUTNAM NY-QUEENS NY-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY- ROCKLAND NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-UNION NJ- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR- 530 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE REST OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...INCLUDING LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ANZ350-353-355-021000- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 530 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OCEAN WATERS OFF LONG ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH OCEAN SEAS MAY BE REQUIRED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GOODMAN
The Boston radar (KBOX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 48 year old man was struck by lightning as a thunderstorm moved through Stonington. He was working outside when the lightning strike occurred. The man was taken to a hopital in critical condition. It is unknown if the man ulimately survived.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Connecticut in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, June 2005
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: 5456697.