Showers and thunderstorms developed along a southward moving cold front on the afternoon of June 22nd. Some of the storms became severe as they headed in a general southward direction.
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Showers and thunderstorms developed along a southward moving cold front on the afternoon of June 22nd. Some of the storms became severe as they headed in a general southward direction. They produced both large hail and very strong wind gusts.
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 Jun 22, 2:07 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 307 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 .NEAR TERM (TONIGHT)... UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AT THIS TIME PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH BY 23Z EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH THEN CLEARING INTO THE EVENING. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. && .SHORT TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA DURING THURSDAY EVENING WITH ONCE AGAIN SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BRINGING INCREASING HEAT AND HUMIDITY INTO THE WEEKEND. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE AS RETURN FLOW CONTINUES. WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FOR LATE IN THE DAY AND EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH AND SOUTH OF THE AREA BY 12Z SUNDAY. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LOW CHANCE PROBABILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. JUST SLIGHTLY COOLER FOR SUNDAY WITH NEW AIRMASS BUILDING INTO THE REGION. HIGH AGAIN MOVES OFF THE COAST SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN RETURN FLOW CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY WITH INCREASING HEAT AND HUMIDITY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH NO RAINFALL EXPECTED. && .HYDROLOGY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME PONDING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS...OTHERWISE NO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. && .AVIATION... ONGOING CONVECTION WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NYC AREA TERMINALS 19Z TO 21Z WITH GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO IFR IN THE STORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AT THE OTHER TERMINALS. AFTER 22Z SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE...THEN VFR AT ALL THE TERMINALS THROUGH AT LEAST 18Z THURSDAY WITH UNLIMITED CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY. && .MARINE... HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER AREA WATERS FROM THE N TO KEEP WINDS/SEAS BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. BY SAT...THIS HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE...ALLOWING A TIGHTENING SW GRADIENT TO FORM ACROSS AREA WATERS AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT. SEAS MAY BUILD CLOSE TO SCA CRITERIA ON SAT BEFORE THIS FRONT CROSSES ON SUN. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NJ...NONE. NY...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 948 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 ANZ330-335-338-350-353-355-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081- 231000- 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-ORANGE 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-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-NEW YORK HARBOR- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 948 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND THE LOCAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 124 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 NYZ067-221830- ORANGE- 124 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY... AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUDDEBACKVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR CUDDEBACKVILLE BY 135 PM EDT. 6 MILES WEST OF FINCHVILLE BY 145 PM EDT. NEAR PORT JERVIS BY 200 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GOODMAN
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
In addition to the penny size hail at Rutherford, a 62 MPH wind gust was recorded in Waldwick at 3:34 pm local daylight time.
A 62 MPH wind gust was recorded at Newark/Liberty International Airport. Very large tree branches were downed on a house in Millburn at 3:40 PM local daylight time.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Harrison as well as Bayonne.
Severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines in North Arlington and Lindhurst.
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