A potent cold front brought thunderstorms to Fairfield County.
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The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
A potent cold front brought thunderstorms to Fairfield County.
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 26, 7:44 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 844 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH EASTERN OHIO...WILL BE THE FOCUS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE EAST THIS EVENING...REACHING EASTERN NEW JERSEY BY LATE TONIGHT...THEN DISSIPATE MONDAY. A SERIES OF TROUGHS WILL DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS THROUGH THE WEEK...KEEPING THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM. 40-50 KT LOW LEVEL JET...RRQ OF UPPER JET...WILL COMBINE WITH HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVERNIGHT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THE NEXT 6-12H. UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL BE THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR TORNADOES. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. FLAVOR OF THE CONVECTION WILL BE LINES OR CLUSTERS THAT DO NOT NECESSARILY START OUT WITH MUCH ROTATION...BUT RATHER TAKE ON THOSE CHARACTERISTICS AS THEY MOVE INTO A MORE HIGHLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES DUE TO HIGH DEWPOINTS IN VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM GROWTH. ALSO...DUE TO LONG PERIOD OCEAN SWELLS AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST FOR THE REST OF TODAY FOR ALL ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST NYCCFWOKX FOR DETAILS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH LATER TONIGHT DISSIPATES IN THE LOW LEVELS...BUT THE RESIDUAL MID LEVEL BOUNDARY REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. A PERSISTENT UPPER TROUGH REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER EASTERN CANADA. MUGGY AIRMASS IS NOT REALLY SCOURED OUT BY THE FRONT...SO WITH THE UPPER LOW AND HIGH DEWPOINTS IN PLACE..UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WILL STICK WITH A MAINLY DIURNAL TREND TO POP...KEEP THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST AND TRY TO TWEAK TO INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE EXTENDED FORECAST CONTINUES TO SHOW A SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN WITH NO MAJOR RAIN MAKERS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR CLIMATOLOGY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...HOWEVER THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES LATE THURSDAY WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW NYC APPROACHING UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 DEGREES FOR MIDWEEK. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF WE WILL MAKE IT TO THE END OF JULY WITHOUT REACHING 90 DEGREES IN CENTRAL PARK FOR THE ONLY THE SECOND TIME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN (THE LAST TIME CENTRAL PARK HAD NO 90 DEGREE DAYS IN JUNE AND JULY WAS 1996). && .AVIATION /01Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... POTENTIAL FOR ACTIVE FIRST 6 TO 12 HR OF TERMINALS WITH HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE WITH APPROACHING SFC TROF AND STRONG JET DYNAMICS. GENERALLY THROUGH 09Z...CONVECTION WILL WORK SW TO NE AT 25 KT ACROSS THE AREA...PRODUCING MVFR CEILINGS/IFR VSBYS (+TSRA). THE INITIAL AXIS OF THE CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS THE NYC TERMINALS...THEN GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST...IMPACTING KISP AND KGON AFTER 05Z. CU WILL BE BASED AROUND 5 KFT OVERNIGHT...WITH A IFR CEILINGS ACROSS KISP AND KGON WITH HIGH DEW POINT AIR WORKING ACROSS THE COOLER NEAR SHORE WATERS. IFR CEILINGS ALSO LIKELY TO FORM OUTSIDE THE NYC TERMINALS ONCE THE RAIN EXITS THE REGION. KJFK MAY SEE BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CEILINGS AS SOME STRATUS WORKS OFF THE NEAR SHORE WATERS...BUT PRIMARILY EAST. VFR CEILINGS BY 15Z AT ALL TERMINALS...EXCEPT KGON. LOW-LEVEL WIND TRAJECTORY SUCH THAT IFR/LOW END MVFR CEILINGS MAY PERSIST AT KGON ALL DAY. SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH SOME GUSTS TO 20 KT. AFT CB DEVELOPMENT WITH BASES AROUND 4 KFT. WEAK SFC BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA MAY TRIGGER SCT CONVECTION AFTER 18Z. OUTLOOK FOR 00Z TUE THROUGH THU... VFR. ISOLD TO SCT AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION WITH MVFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SEAS HAVE REMAINED BELOW SCA...BUT LLJ EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT WHICH SHOULD HELP BUILD SEAS TO MARGINAL SCA...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE SCA FOR OCEAN WATERS AND LET SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS EXAMINE WAVE TRENDS. ONCE OCEAN SEAS REACH MARGINAL SCA THEY COULD WAVER AROUND THERE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW AND PERIODIC STRENGTHENING OF THE LLJ. LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AMBROSE JET DEVELOPMENT COULD HAVE MARGINAL SCA WINDS ON THE WESTERN WATERS EACH DAY. && .HYDROLOGY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE AREAL AVERAGE RAINFALL OF THREE QUARTERS TO AROUND ONE INCH THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF TWO OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AND STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE OUTSIDE NYC GENERALLY 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN 3 AND 6 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING...AND URBAN FLOODING...IS A POSSIBILITY TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR CTZ005>012. NY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR NYZ067>081. NJ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR NJZ002>006-011. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT MONDAY FOR ANZ350-353-355. && SYNOPSIS...BS NEAR TERM...BS SHORT TERM...BS LONG TERM...BC/MAS AVIATION...DW MARINE...BC/MAS HYDROLOGY...BS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 426 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-272030- 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- 426 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 626 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WHICH MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. .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. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-272030- 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- 426 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 626 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...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 EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 936 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 CTZ005-NYZ068>071-270230- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 936 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FAIRFIELD...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES... AT 935 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAVERSTRAW TO HAWTHORNE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAVERSTRAW TO NORTH TARRYTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN FAIRFIELD...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES... INCLUDING HAVERSTRAW...NORTH TARRYTOWN...UPPER NYACK...TARRYTOWN... NEW CITY...OSSINING...HAWTHORNE...MOUNT KISCO...YORKTOWN HEIGHTS AND BEDFORD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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. JMC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 939 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NYZ076>078-270245- NASSAU-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-QUEENS- 939 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NASSAU...QUEENS AND WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTIES... AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLE NECK...OR NEAR GREAT NECK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN 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. JMC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
946 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0604 PM TSTM WND DMG NEWARK 40.72N 74.17W
07/26/2009 ESSEX NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
POWERS LINES DOWN.
0610 PM FLASH FLOOD KEARNY 40.75N 74.12W
07/26/2009 HUDSON NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT
PASSAIC AVENUE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0615 PM TSTM WND DMG HARRISON 40.74N 74.15W
07/26/2009 HUDSON NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
WIRES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF CAPE MAY STREET AND
FRANKLIN RODGERS BOULEVARD.
0616 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE RINGWOOD 41.15N 74.23W
07/26/2009 ORANGE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON 103 JUNIPER TERRACE.
0616 PM HAIL 3 NE RINGWOOD 41.15N 74.24W
07/26/2009 E0.88 INCH ORANGE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NICKEL SIZE HAIL ACCUMULATING TO 2 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS.
0625 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 ENE HOBOKEN 40.76N 73.99W
07/26/2009 NEW YORK (MANHATTA NY NWS EMPLOYEE
6 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON BROADWAY AND WEST 46TH
STREET.
0643 PM HAIL 2 E EAST TREMONT 40.84N 73.83W
07/26/2009 E1.00 INCH BRONX NY TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
0650 PM HAIL BAYSIDE 40.79N 73.77W
07/26/2009 E1.00 INCH QUEENS NY PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG EAST HILLS 40.80N 73.63W
07/26/2009 NASSAU NY PUBLIC
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
0840 PM TSTM WND GST 5 SW ANNADALE 40.50N 74.23W
07/26/2009 M53.00 MPH ANZ338 NY MESONET
MESONET AT PERTH AMBOY.
&&
JPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 953 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NYZ078>081-270300- NORTHEAST SUFFOLK-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK- 953 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SUFFOLK COUNTY... AT 952 PM EDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 8 MILES SOUTH OF GILGO STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBERT MOSES STATE PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PEOPLE IN SUFFOLK COUNTY...INCLUDING ROBERT MOSES STATE PARK... CAPTREE STATE PARK...ISLIP...SAYVILLE...RONKONKOMA...HOLBROOK... PATCHOGUE...FARMINGVILLE...MEDFORD AND CORAM...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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. JMC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1019 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NJZ003-005-006-011-NYZ072>077-270315- BERGEN-BRONX-ESSEX-HUDSON-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NASSAU-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-QUEENS-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.)-UNION- 1019 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BRONX...HUDSON...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...SOUTHERN BERGEN...SOUTHERN ESSEX...UNION AND WESTERN NASSAU COUNTIES... AT 1018 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHATHAM TO YORKETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR...IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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. NV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1029 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 CTZ005>007-009-010-270330- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- 1029 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT FAIRFIELD...MIDDLESEX AND NEW HAVEN COUNTIES... AT 1027 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRIDGEPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN 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. JMC
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:42 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the properties at 144 Bennett Street and 35 London Terrace within minutes of each other, causing fires at both locations.
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