A strong upper level trough moved across the area producing thunderstorms with torrential rainfall that caused flash flooding across portions of southwest Connecticut.
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The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
A strong upper level trough moved across the area producing thunderstorms with torrential rainfall that caused flash flooding across portions of southwest Connecticut.
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 Aug 7, 2:13 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 313 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A BROAD UPPER TROUGH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD ASSOCIATED WITH A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE REGION...PRODUCING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PERIOD. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE CONTINUES TO DIG INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #813 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR NYC/NORTHEAST NJ/WESTERN LONG ISLAND AND THE WESTERN THREE- QUARTERS OF CT. THE SHORTWAVE WILL MAINLY TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE REGION...AND SFC LOW PRES WILL BE DEVELOPING JUST OVER NJ/NYC THIS EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY TRACKING EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT. 12Z/07 NAM SHOWS MORE IN THE WAY OF WIDESPREAD QPF AS COMPARED WITH THE 12Z/07 OPERATIONAL GFS. THERE IS PROBABLY A BIT TO MUCH IN THE WAY OF CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ON THE NAM...SO WILL SIDE WITH THE GFS AND WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS UP FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE. WITH CAPE VALUES RISING TO 1500 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEXES TO FALL TO -5 LATE TONIGHT...WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. GIVEN THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM...WILL MAINLY LOOK FOR WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...AS OPPOSED TO AN ORGANIZED LINE. SFC DEWPOINTS CURRENTLY IN THE 50S WEST OF A LINE FROM WESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY SOUTHEAST INTO NYC AND IN THE 60S EAST OF THAT LINE. THE WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE CWA SHOULD HELP KEEP THE SFC DEWPOINTS DOWN...SO FLOODING MAY NOT BE AS MUCH OF A CONCERN AS IT WOULD BE TO THE EAST. SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND CT WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ABUNDANT ATLANTIC MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...SO ANY CELLS THAT DEVELOP COULD EASILY RESULT IN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHERE CELLS BACKBUILD AND TRAIN. THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE ACTIVITY SOMETIME AROUND MIDNIGHT BEFORE PICKING UP AGAIN TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES OVER THE REGION. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 60S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/... SFC LOW MOVES INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON FRI...KEEPING LIKELY POPS ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES AND AT LEAST CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE. STILL COULD BE SOME POTENT STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AS CAPE VALUES RISE TO 1100 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX REMAINS AROUND -5. LATEST GFS SOUNDING ALSO INDICATES INVERTED-V PATTERN...SUGGESTING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL END AFTER SUNSET FRI NIGHT WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING AND THE APPROACH OF A MORE STABLE AIRMASS. SFC HIGH PRES BUILDS EAST ON SAT KEEPING MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS IN THE FCST. WILL HAVE TO CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH THE REGION. ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES ON SUN...AND WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS IN THE AFTERNOON AS IT TRACKS EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL DURING THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE FOR THE LONG TERM. UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE NATION...AND TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURE WILL BE THE RULE FOR THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S AND LOWS GENERALLY IN THE 60S. WEAK SFC FRONT SLIDES THROUGH THE REGION SUN NIGHT...THEN SFC HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE REGION. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL THEN SLIDE THROUGH THE REGION TUE AND WED...AND WILL RUN WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS. A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAVE MAY PASS THROUGH THE REGION ON WED. 06Z/07 GFS BRINGS IT RIGHT OVER THE AREA...WHILE 00Z/07 ECMWF BRINGS IT OVER THE AREA TUE NIGHT. GIVEN THE DIFFERENCES...WILL PLAY IT CONSERVATIVE AND CARRY CHANCE POPS TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED. ONCE THE WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...DRY WX WILL BE IN PLACE TO CLOSE OUT THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE INSTABILITY FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. MORNING LOW CLOUDS ARE TRANSITIONING INTO A CUMULUS FIELD WITH BASES RISING TO 050-060 BY 18Z. CONVECTION BEINGS BY 17Z OVER THE HILLS AND GRADUALLY INCREASES IN COVERAGE AS AFTERNOON CONTINUES. IMPACTS TO NYC TERMINAL EXPECTED FOR EARLY EVENING PUSH. KEWR WINDS WILL FAVOR THE 22S...THOUGH WESTERLY FLOW WILL LIMIT USE OF OVERFLOW RUNWAY 11 (SAY 30-50% OF THE TIME WITH A 10 KT TAIL WIND BETWEEN 18 AND 23Z). CURRENT CONVECTION OVER EAST CENTRAL PA DIES OUT WITH NEW CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN THE LOCAL INSTABILITY. TAFS INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP AS CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR CONVECTION. WHILE CONVECTION MAY OCCUR ANYTIME AFTER 18Z AT NYC TERMINALS - HAVE FOCUS TEMPO FOR MORE LIKELY TIMING. STORM MOTION FROM WEST AT 20-25 KT. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 23Z WITH LOSS OF HEATING. CEILING IN CONVECTION REMAIN VFR BASED...BUT VSBY DROPS BRIEFLY TO IFR IN RAIN. HAIL AND WESTERLY WIND GUSTS IN THE CONVECTION POSSIBLE. OUTLOOK FOR 12Z FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MAINLY VFR. HOWEVER...PERSISTENT UPPER LOW WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION...WHICH COULD RESULT IN SUB VFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS SCENARIO IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FROM THE SOUTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MINIMAL. && .MARINE... A SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND TSTMS OVER THE WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH STORMS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 KT. TSTMS SHOULD TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL GENERALLY EXPECT AT LEAST A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS OVER THE WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS LATE SUN...THEN SFC HIGH PRES BUILDS EAST FOR THE START OF THE NEW WEEK. WINDS AND WAVES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA. HOWEVER...TSTMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS OVER 30 KT AND LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS. && .HYDROLOGY... HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED WITH TSTMS TONIGHT THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND COULD BE HIGHER WHERE STORMS TRAIN AND BACKBUILD. CURRENTLY...SFC DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA...AND WOULD EXPECT HEAVIEST RAIN OVER CT AND LONG ISLAND. AS WINDS TAKE ON MORE OF A SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER NYC/NJ/LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...SFC DEWPOINTS WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 60S. THIS WILL PROVIDE AMPLE MOISTURE THIS EVENING. PWATS AVERAGING 1.25 TO 1.5. FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN HEAVIEST STORMS...AND ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF TRAINING AND BACKBUILDING STORMS. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. NJ...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MPS NEAR TERM...MPS SHORT TERM...MPS LONG TERM...MPS AVIATION...JST MARINE...MPS HYDROLOGY...MPS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1253 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 CTZ005>007-009>011-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>077-081100- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- QUEENS-NASSAU- 1253 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 813 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. CTZ008-012-NYZ078>081-081100- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1253 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE TRI-STATE REGION UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ335-338-355-081100- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 1253 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 813 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-340-345-350-353-081100- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- 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- 1253 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE TRI-STATE REGION UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MPS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 200 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 CTZ006-071845- NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- 200 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY... AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTHBURY...MOVING EAST AT 8 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR NAUGATUCK BY 245 PM. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY...INCLUDING SOUTHBURY... NAUGATUCK...BEACON FALLS AND WATERBURY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOODMAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 300 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 NYZ080-072000- SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK- 300 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK COUNTY... AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DEER PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR BABYLON BY 305 PM. NEAR BRENTWOOD BY 315 PM. NEAR BAY SHORE BY 320 PM. NEAR ISLIP BY 325 PM. 5 MILES NORTH OF CAPTREE STATE PARK BY 330 PM. PEOPLE IN SUFFOLK COUNTY...INCLUDING MELVILLE...DEER PARK... BABYLON...BRENTWOOD...BAY SHORE...ISLIP AND CAPTREE STATE PARK... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOODMAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
339 PM EDT THU AUG 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S JERICHO 40.77N 73.54W
08/07/2008 NASSAU NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ONE LANE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT EXIT 35 ON NORTHERN
STATE PARKWAY
0230 PM HAIL 2 S SYOSSET 40.79N 73.50W
08/07/2008 M0.75 INCH NASSAU NY PUBLIC
PENNY SIZE HAIL
0241 PM HAIL 1 ENE PLAINVIEW 40.79N 73.45W
08/07/2008 M0.88 INCH NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT ROUND SWAMP ROAD NEAR EXIT
39 ON NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY
0241 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S JERICHO 40.77N 73.54W
08/07/2008 NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER
EXITS 35 AND 36 CLOSED ON NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY DUE TO
FLOODING
&&
JMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 340 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 CTZ007-008-012-072045- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 340 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MIDDLESEX AND NEW LONDON COUNTIES... AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARLBOROUGH...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF EAST HAMPTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 28 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR EAST HAMPTON BY 345 PM. NEAR COLCHESTER BY 400 PM. 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALEM BY 415 PM. NEAR NORWICH BY 430 PM. NEAR GALES FERRY BY 435 PM. NEAR LEDYARD CENTER BY 440 PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOODMAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 419 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 CTZ005-006-072115- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- 419 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FAIRFIELD AND WESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES... AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR NEWTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR SOUTHBURY BY 450 PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOODMAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 514 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 CTZ005-006-072215- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- 514 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT FAIRFIELD AND WESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES... AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIDGEFIELD...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF DANBURY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES SOUTH OF DANBURY BY 520 PM. NEAR BETHEL BY 535 PM. NEAR NEWTOWN BY 610 PM. NEAR MONROE BY 615 PM. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOODMAN
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe flooding occurred on Terrill Rd. in Stratford. Water levels were approximately 2 feet high with residents using kayaks and other floatation devices on the street to manuver through the high waters.
Firefighters in the town of Milford received a half dozen phone calls from drivers in flooded streets. Several people had to be rescued from their vehicles.
A car was stranded in high waters under a flooded viaduct at East Main St. and Crescent Ave. in Bridgeport. The 2 occupants (an adult and a child) were rescued by local firefighters. A new school on Waterview Ave. in Bridgeport was also flooded.
Several feet of water was pumped from St. Ann School in Milford.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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