With a stationary front parked south of Long Island, an unstable airmass produced thunderstorms in the New York City metropolitan area. Lightning struck a building in Bay Ridge and caused structural damage.
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With a stationary front parked south of Long Island, an unstable airmass produced thunderstorms in the New York City metropolitan area. Lightning struck a building in Bay Ridge and caused structural damage.
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 Jul 6, 11:25 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1225 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL PREVAIL THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK AS TROPICAL MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE BERMUDA HIGH. A DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA TONIGHT. MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MID-WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES BECOMING HOT BY TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH MID-WEEK AND PUSH OFF THE COAST BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... ONCE AGAIN...CONVECTION IS LIMITED UPSTREAM WITH A SHORT WAVE TROUGH INTERACTING WITH A DIFFUSE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH OVER THE DELMARVA. MESOSCALE MODELS TAKES CURRENT CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND. IN ADDITION...RETROGRESSION OF THE SUB TROP RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL BE ANOTHER LIMITING FACTOR THIS AFTERNOON. THUS..HAVE LOWERED POPS DOWNWARD TO LOW CHANCE PROBABILITY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF NYC WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME SUN TO DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH PWS AROUND 2 INCHES AND LIGHT STEERING WINDS. A SE WIND WILL KEEP COASTAL HOURS IN THE MARINE LAYER...THUS A MORE STALE REGIME WITH ISOLATED TO SCT CONVECTION. IN ADDITION...WITH THE WARM FRONT TO THE SOUTH AND SE FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC...MAX TEMPS WILL ONLY TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 80S ACROSS NYC AND THE INTERIOR...AND LOWER TO MID 70S AT THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLIDE BACK NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS THE SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC RIDGE TAKES CONTROL AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS. THIS WILL ONLY WORK TO TRANSPORT HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT AIR INTO THE REGION. WE WILL TRANSITION BACK TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN DURING THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WITH CONVECTION BASED MORE ON DIURNAL INSTABILITY. BEST CHANCES WILL COME DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS WITH A LESSOR CHANCE ELSEWHERE. A WEAKENING MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE UPSTREAM WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST AS IT DAMPENS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE STEERING FLOW ALOFT AND INCREASING INSTABILITY EACH DAY...WILL KEEP AN ONGOING POP WHILE THE TROPICAL MOISTURE IS PRESENT. A DEEP-LAYERED SW FLOW WILL TRANSPORT WARMER AIR UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD...WITH 850 HPA TEMPERATURES RISING A DEGREE OR TWO EACH DAY TO 16 TO 17 DEGREES C BY TUESDAY. AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW TURNS MORE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY...A DECREASING MARINE INFLUENCE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB TO THE MID 80S ON MONDAY AND AROUND 90 ON TUESDAY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH FACING SHORES. TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES GENERALLY BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.75 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY. MORE FAVORABLE DIURNAL HEATING...MONDAY AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION. THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE REMAINS WEAK AND UNIDIRECTIONAL THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...SO ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THIS COULD LEAD TO SLOW MOVING CELLS. FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE REGION WITH A SOUTHERLY FLOW. AS A RESULT...EXPECT WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS AT THE END OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TO THE AREA. && .AVIATION /16Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... LIGHT AND VARIABLE FLOW BECOMING LIGHT E/SE AHEAD OF WARM FRONT. WINDS TURN S IN WAKE OF WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 7-12 KT. LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW TONIGHT. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL GRADUALLY MIX OUT THIS MORNING WITH VFR CONDS EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. MAY TAKE UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS KGON. SCT SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS WARM FRONT WORKS NORTH. THEN INSTABILITY TSTMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCE ACROSS KEWR/KTEB/KSWF(SCT TO NUMEROUS)...WITH LOWER CHANCES TO THE EAST. SUB-VFR CIGS/VSBYS IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND ERRATIC WINDS (UP TO 25-30 KT) WILL BE LIKELY IN ANY TSTMS. CONVECTION DIES DOWN BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z...WITH LOW MVFR/IFR STRATUS/FOG GRADUALLY RE-DEVELOPING AFTER 02Z AND 06Z. OUTLOOK FOR 12Z MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ACROSS THE TERMINALS INTO WED. MON THROUGH WED WILL FEATURE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS AS A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS DURING THE DAY...AND DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES INSTABILITY. MVFR OR LOWER CONDS IN STRATUS/FOG AT NIGHT. && .MARINE... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST SOUTH OF THE WATERS THIS MORNING...LIFTS NORTH AND WASHES OUT TODAY. SW FLOW STRENGTHENS MONDAY THROUGH MID WEEK BETWEEN SUB TROPICAL HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND TRACKING ENE. WAVEWATCH HAS SEAS ON THE OCEAN REACHING SCA CRITERIA BY MON MORNING. HAVE GONE SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN THAT (MON AFTERNOON) AS SW FLOW IS ONLY 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT AND THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 15 KT ON MONDAY. WINDS TUE AND WED INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT RANGE AHEAD OF COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE. THE PERSISTENT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE AREA WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEAS ON THE OCEAN SHOULD BE ABOVE SCA LEVEL TUES THRU THURSDAY...SLOW TO SUBSIDE WITH SW SWELL HAVING DEVELOPED. && .HYDROLOGY... SCT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO WED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE FLOOD THREAT SHOULD BE ISOLATED EARLY DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...BUT COULD BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. NJ...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && UPDATE...DW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 420 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-070930- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-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- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 420 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL SUPPORT HEAVY DOWNPOURS... SO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE WHERE TRAINING OF CONVECTION OCCURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND SMALL RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING WILL INCREASE EACH DAY. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE WHERE TRAINING OF CONVECTION OCCURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && 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. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-070930- 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- 420 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL SUPPORT HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && 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.
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A four story brick residence was struck by lightning, causing damage to portions of the roof. A two by three foot section of the brick roof was dislodged and fell to the street and sidewalk below. No injuries were reported.
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