New Jersey, 2008

Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 8, 2008

June 8, 2008 · NWS OKX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms developed as a weak upper level trough interacted with a hot and humid airmass across the region.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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.

Thunderstorms developed as a weak upper level trough interacted with a hot and humid airmass across the region.

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 Jun 8, 6:27 AM EST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:27 AM EST, 6 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
727 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND A SUBTROPICAL HIGH OVER THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL RESULT IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT AND
HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL
PROVIDE SOME RELIEF LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SE US IN CONTROL OF THE REGION. HOT AND
HUMID SW FLOW CONTINUES. ANY PATCHY MORNING FOG SHOULD QUICKLY
DISSIPATE WITH DAYTIME HEATING. SUNSHINE WILL BE FILTERED BY HIGH
CLOUDS FROM DYING GREAT LAKES MCS TODAY.

850 HPA TEMPS WARM TO ABOUT 19 TO 20C TODAY...WITH SOUNDINGS
INDICATING MIXING TO AROUND 800 HPA AWAY FROM MARINE INFLUENCE. THIS
WILL SPELL HIGHS IN THE MID 90 TO A FEW UPPER 90S ACROSS
CITY/INTERIOR. FLOW WILL BE MORE OF A WSW FLOW TODAY...WHICH SHOULD
INHIBIT SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT TILL LATE IN THE DAY ALONG THE COAST.
THIS SHOULD ALLOW COASTAL AREAS TO HEAT UP RAPIDLY THIS
MORNING...INTO THE LOWER 90S TO 95 BEFORE ANY SEA BREEZE.
IMMEDIATE COASTLINE WILL BE COOLER.

QUESTION AGAIN WILL BE HOW MUCH DEWPOINTS MIX OUT. DEWPOINTS
SHOULD RECOVER INTO THE LOWER 70S THIS MORNING...BUT THINK THAT
DEWPOINTS SHOULD MIX OUT INTO THE MID 60S BY TIME OF PEAK HEAT
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD SPELL HEAT INDICES SIMILAR TO
YESTERDAY...GENERALLY 100 TO 104 DEGREES ACROSS NYC METRO/NE NJ
AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY.

THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT FOR TODAY THAT WILL PRESENT A BUST POTENTIAL
IN TERMS OF TEMPS AND POPS IS AN MCS OVER THE GREAT LAKES THIS
MORNING. GFS IS INITIALIZING THIS BETTER...AND HAS THE MCS
TRACKING TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY DAYBREAK AND THEN TOWARDS
THE REGION BY AFTERNOON. BASED ON LOSS OF FORCING EAST OF THE
GREAT LAKES...WOULD THINK THE INITIAL MCS WOULD WEAKEN JUST LIKE
THE ONE OVER OHIO VALLEY DIS YESTERDAY. BUT THE OUTFLOW PROPAGATING
EASTWARD FROM IT COULD BE TRIGGER FOR INITIATING CONVECTION
EASTWARD IN A MODERATE TO HIGHLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. ANY
CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS HAS CAPABILITY OF BECOMING PULSE
SEVERE(WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR). COULD SEE SOME ORGANIZATION ALONG
ANY DEEP COLD POOL WITH 0-3 KM SHEAR AROUND 30 KT. THIS IS NOT A
HIGH CONFIDENCE FORECAST THOUGH WITH MANY VARIABLES...SO WILL KEEP
TO LOW CHANCE POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

MAINLY FAIR AND DRY TONIGHT WITH LIGHT WSW FLOW. TEMPS WILL BE
WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH DEWPOINTS RECOVERING TOWARDS THE UPPER 60S
LOWER 70S. TEMPS WILL GENERALLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER
70S ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...MID TO UPPER 70S NY/NJ METRO. SOME
PATCHY FOG IN FAR OUTLYING AREAS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE AND OFFSHORE SUBTROPICAL HIGH OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH MONDAY...GRADUALLY
SHIFTING EAST. RIDGE BREAKS DOWN ENOUGH TO ALLOW SHORTWAVE TO
SLIDE THROUGH GREAT LAKES TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVE WITH COLD FRONT
APPROACHING LATE IN THE DAY.

85H TEMPS AROUND 20C TO 21C. SOUNDINGS INDICATING MIXING TO BETWEEN
850 AND 800 HPA EACH DAY ON A W/SW FLOW.

THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES
ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND METRO NY BOTH DAYS.

ALONG THE COAST...FLOW STARTS WSW ON MON THEN BACKS TO SW IN THE
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY ALLOW MID TO LATE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE
DEVELOPMENT. WOULD EXPECT A RAPID WARM UP INTO THE LOWER TO MID
90S BEFORE THEN THOUGH. FLOW STARTS WSW TUES MORNING BUT THEN
BACKS TO THE SSW RATHER QUICKLY AHEAD OF PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH. THIS
WILL LIKELY CAP TEMPS IN THE LOWER 90S AFTER A QUICK MORNING RISE.

QUESTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOW MUCH DEWPOINTS WILL MIX OUT IN THE
AFTERNOON EACH DAY. TDS BOTH DAYS WILL LIKELY START IN THE LOWER
70S. BETTER CHANCE FOR THINGS TO MIX OUT INTO THE UPPER 60S ON
MON...BUT WITH MOISTURE POOLING AHEAD OF COLD FRONT/PRE FRONTAL
TROUGH ON TUES...DONT EXPECT MUCH MIXING OUT.

WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE ON HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 104 ON MON WILL
PUT UP 3RD PERIOD HEAT ADVISORY FOR NYC METRO/NE NJ/LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY/INTERIOR CONN AND NASSAU COUNTY. A FEW 105 DEGREE HEAT
INDICES POSSIBLE ACROSS NE NJ...BUT NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE FOR
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH AT THIS TIME. HEAT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED FOR TUES AS WELL AWAY FROM COAST.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN THE HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS MON
NIGHT. MAINLY 70S...AROUND 80 ACROSS NY/NJ METRO...AND A FEW UPPER
60S ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS/PINE BARRENS.

MOD TO HIGH INSTABILITY MON AND TUES. STRONG CAPPING ON MON AS RIDGE
BUILDS FURTHER NE SHOULD INHIBIT CONVECTION FOR MOST PART. AN
ISOLATED TSTM ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ZONES IN THE EVENING POSSIBLE
FROM OUTFLOW ON CONVECTION ONGOING TO THE NORTH. BETTER CHANCE OF
CONVECTION WILL BE LATE DAY TUES/TUES NIGHT WITH PRE FRONTAL
TROUGH AND THEN COLD FRONT. MOD TO HIGH INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH
INCREASING DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND LOWERED LFCS...WILL BRING THE
POSSIBILITY OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION...POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT THE SFC...COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TUESDAY
NIGHT...USHERING IN SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WED AND THU. FOR NOW...WILL
LEAN TOWARDS WARM SCENARIO WITH SLIGHT BUCKLING OF RIDGE AS
SHORTWAVE REMAINS WELL TO THE NORTH. TEMPS WILL STILL BE ABOVE
NORMAL. MAINLY DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /11Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS. COULD HAVE SOME ISOLD MVFR VSBYS IN HZ
THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH DECAYING MCS OVER
THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WORKING THEIR WAY INTO THE REGION. VERY
UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM MCS COULD VERY
WELL BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SOME TSTMS AGAIN THIS AFTN. NOT
INCLUDING IN TAFS AS TIMING/LOCATION OF INITIATION IS TO DIFFICULT
TO PINPOINT AT THIS TIME. TSTM AREA BEING INDICATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
NYS IN 11Z CCFP (VALID AT 17Z)...SO DAY SHIFT WILL NEED TO
MONITOR LATER ISSUANCES.

SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT LESS LIKELY TODAY DUE TO A STRONG WEST FLOW IN
THE MIXED LAYER. W/SW WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 KT.

OUTLOOK FOR 12Z MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
PERIODS OF MORNING FOG AND AFTERNOON HAZE EXPECTED THRU TUESDAY AS
THE PATTERN BECOMES STAGNANT. ISOLATED AFTERNOON TSTMS ARE
POSSIBLE...BUT VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL OVERALL DURING THE DAYTIME.
THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT SYNOPTIC FEATURE WILL BE A COLD FRONT TUESDAY
NIGHT/WEDNESDAY PERIOD. THIS MAY PRODUCE TSTMS WITH THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE AND NW FLOW WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BACK IN THEREAFTER.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW SCA LEVELS THROUGH THE
PERIOD. HOWEVER...WILL NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE AMBROSE JET EACH
AFTN AND EVE. A SW FLOW OF 10-15 KT WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL THROUGH
TUE EVE AS A BERMUDA HIGH REMAINS ANCHORED OFF THE SE COAST. A
WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS TUE NIGHT/WED
MORNING WITH TSTMS POSSIBLE AND WINDS VEERING AROUND TO THE NW IN
ITS WAKE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
NO SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST. SOME TSTM
ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE. WITH ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO PRECIP
EFFICIENT TALL STORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WOULD OCCUR WHERE AND
IF THEY DO DEVELOP.

&&

.CLIMATE...
THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY THIS WEEK. HERE ARE THE RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR EACH OF OUR 6 MAJOR CLIMATE SITES THROUGH
TUESDAY:

      SUNDAY     MONDAY      TUESDAY

EWR   97/1999    99/1933     98/1974
BDR   93/1999    91/1984     96/1974
NYC   95/1933    97/1933     95/1984
LGA   96/1984    95/1984     95/1984
JFK   96/1999    96/1984     93/1984
ISP   95/1999    90/1984     90/1997

&&

.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY FOR CTZ005>007-009.
NY...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY FOR NYZ067>077.
     HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS
     EVENING FOR NYZ067>076.
NJ...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY FOR NJZ002>006-011.
     HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS
     EVENING FOR NJZ002>006-011.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...NV
NEAR TERM...NV
SHORT TERM...NV
LONG TERM...PW
AVIATION...AL
MARINE...AL
HYDROLOGY...NV
CLIMATE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 11:43 AM EST, 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1243 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

CTZ010-011-091000-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
1243 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

.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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

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.

NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>076-091000-
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-
1243 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.
   HEAT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.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.

CTZ005>007-009-NYZ077-091000-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-NASSAU-
1243 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT 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.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH WELL INTO THE 90S...POSSIBLY NEAR
100 DEGREES TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE
IMMEDIATE COAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.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>081-091000-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
1243 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

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.

ANZ330-340-345-350-353-355-091000-
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-
SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
1243 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

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.

ANZ335-338-091000-
LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY-
NEW YORK HARBOR-
1243 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

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.

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The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:36 UTC.

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Lightning, Passaic

When
June 8, 12:35 PM EST
Where
Passaic County, 0.69 mi N of Pinecrest Lake
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
41.110, -74.400

A house fire resulted from a lightning strike in West Milford.

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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: 113337.