Lightning struck and killed a 47 year old male while fishing on Upper Greenwood Lake.
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Lightning struck and killed a 47 year old male while fishing on Upper Greenwood Lake.
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 Sep 8, 8:27 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 927 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS... BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST AS TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE CONTINUES TO MOVE NW AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THIS HIGH. REFER TO THE LATEST NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS OF GABRIELLE. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT JUST NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA TONIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO NEW ENGLAND ON SUNDAY...PUSHING THE FRONT BACK TO THE NORTH. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA VERY SLOWLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE RIDES ALONG IT. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS ON WEDNESDAY...THEN ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM SLOWLY APPROACHES FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE. STILL SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY NEAR FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND PREFRONTAL TROUGH NEAR BY. ALL SHORT RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT OF WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK TO STALL OUT JUST NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA TONIGHT AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES NEARLY PARALLEL TO IT...THEN PUSH IT BACK TO THE NORTH ON SUNDAY AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. MEANWHILE...WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO STEER GABRIELLE TO THE NW TOWARDS THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT...BEFORE SHE TAKES A NORTHWARD TURN TOWARDS THE OUTER BANKS ON SUNDAY. THIRD NIGHT OF A SOUTHERLY FLOW...BUT HARD TO GET FOG/STRATUS THIS TIME OF YEAR. COULD BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT...JUST FEW-SCT STRATUS ALONG THE COAST WITH PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING LATE WITH MINIMAL TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREAD. LOW CHC POPS CONTINUE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY AND S/W MOVING THROUGH. NO BIG DIFFERENCES IN MOS TEMPS TONIGHT AND SUN SO USED A BLEND. HIGHS SHOULD RANGE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... GABRIELLE WILL TAKE A SHARP RIGHT TURN AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE BERMUDA HIGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON A NE TRACK PASSING WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND WITH FRONT LIFTING BACK TO THE NORTH. HAVE LEFT SCHC POPS IN THE FORECAST AS THIS WAVES ATTENDING COLD FRONT APPROACHES OVERNIGHT IN ADDITION TO DECENT SHORTWAVE ALOFT. CHC POPS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY AS FRONT IS VERY SLOW TO MOVE EAST. TEMPS WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONABLE LEVELS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE EXTENDED FORECAST HAS TRENDED SLOWER OVERALL FROM YESTERDAY. BY TUE MORNING...THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE IS FORECAST TO BE APPROXIMATELY 200 MI SE OF NANTUCKET AND CONTINUING ON A QUICK NE TRAJECTORY. IT APPEARS THAT GABRIELLE WILL REMAIN SEPARATE FROM THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. AS SUCH...HAVE FOLLOWED HPC/S FORECAST CLOSELY DURING THIS TIME WHICH ALSO REFLECTS TPCS OFFICIAL FORECAST ON GABRIELLE. LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST AT LEAST INTO WED AS MODELS DIVERGE WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT. GFS IS THE SLOWEST AND WETTEST...WHICH HPC SEEMS TO LIKE. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BIT MORE CONVERGENCE ON THIS SOLUTION BEFORE TOTALLY BUYING INTO IT...SO HAVE KEPT POPS IN THE CHC CATEGORY DESPITE THE INDICATION OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE RIDING THE BOUNDARY THROUGH THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS IN FOR THE MIDWEEK PERIOD...DRYING THINGS OUT ON WED...BUT IS QUICKLY PUSHED OFFSHORE TO ALLOW THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM TO APPROACH. FORECAST NOW BECOMES TRICKY AS AN OLD BOUNDARY ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION STARTS TO RETRACT TO THE NORTH...WITH THE NEXT AMPLIFYING TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY BY LATE IN THE WEEK. OFFSHORE RIDGING WILL SLOW THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE SURFACE FEATURES WITH THE SFC LOW TRACKING INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC BY FRI MORNING...WITH ITS WARM FRONT SLIDING THROUGH...THEN SLOWLY DRAGGING ITS COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA FRI NIGHT AND SAT. && .AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL MOVE A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH THIS EVENING BEFORE STALLING OUT AND THEN MOVING BACK NORTH SUNDAY. THE AREA WILL THEREFORE REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTOR. THE LAST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...AFFECTING SWF. LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND PASSAGE OF VORT MAX WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO A MINIMUM AND WILL NOT INCLUDE IN ANY TAFS. SHORT WAVE APPROACHES BY MID DAY SUNDAY AND WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN ANY THAT DEVELOP. SCATTERED TO BROKEN MID AND HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH POSSIBLY SOME SCATTERED STRATUS AT ISP AND GON OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST UNDER 10 KT THEN INCREASE TO ABOUT 10 KT ALONG THE COAST. OUTLOOK FOR 00Z MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH BRIEF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS NORTH OF THE AREA...WITH NIGHTTIME SUB-VFR IN LOW STRATUS AND FOG ALSO POSSIBLE AT COASTAL TERMINALS. A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH LATE MON NIGHT AND THEN STALLS JUST SOUTH ON TUE WITH A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS ON TUE. ANOTHER FRONT MAY BRING ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH SUB-VFR CONDITIONS FRI INTO SAT. && .MARINE... WITH THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATERS ENDED FOR THIS EVENING HAVE UPDATED TO REMOVE. WINDS ON THE SOUND A FEW KNOTS HIGHER THAN FORECAST WITH SEAS AT THE CENTRAL SOUND BUOY RUNNING 2 FT. HAVE UPPED WINDS AND SEAS FOR THIS EVENING. WINDS AT AMBROSE HAVE BEEN GUSTING TO NEAR 25 KT DURING THE EVENING AND ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING...AND WILL KEEP OCCASIONAL GUST WORDING WEST OF FIRE ISLAND INLET THROUGH THE EVENING. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES TO THE REST OF THE FORECAST. SEAS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 5 FT. SUB SCA CONDITIONS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON ON A S TO SW FLOW. WINDS ON MONDAY NIGHT THEN SHIFT W TO NW. FOLLOWED ALONG THE LINES OF THE NAH VERSION OF WAVEWATCH GUIDANCE REGARDING SWELLS FROM GABRIELLE...WHICH IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE MODEL SHOWS SOUTHERLY SWELL REACHING 5 FT NOT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. FEEL THAT IT MAY BE BUILDING THE SWELL TOO SLOWLY...SO 5 FT WAVES ARE IN THE FORECAST DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. SWELL SUBSIDES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN BACK TO SUB SCA CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... WIDELY SCT SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE UP TO 0.25 INCHES OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN CT. SCATTERED AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN CT. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WHERE 0.50 TO 1.00 INCH IS POSSIBLE AREA WIDE. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. NJ...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 847 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 CTZ005>007-NYZ067>070-091000- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 847 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE MOVE TOWARD THE REGION...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ON GABRIELLE...PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER PUBLIC FORECAST ADVISORIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-370-CTZ008>012-NJZ002>006-011- NYZ071>081-091000- 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-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM MONTAUK POINT NY TO SANDY HOOK NJ FROM 20 TO 40 NM- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 847 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE APPROACH AND MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION. WIND SPEEDS COULD APPROACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE BEYOND 20 NM SOUTH AND EAST OF THE LONG ISLAND COAST LINE MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 459 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 NYZ067-082145- ORANGE- 459 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY... AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILLRIFT...OR NEAR PORT JERVIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 704 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 CTZ005-082330- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD- 704 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY... AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PAWLING...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH EXTREME NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF SHERMAN AT AROUND 715 PM. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JC
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced lightning that struck a 47 year old male while fishing in a boat over Upper Greenwood Lake in Passaic County, NJ.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Passaic | 2007-09-08 | 47 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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