A shortwave rotating around a deep upper trough over New England acted on warm humid air in place at the surface to allow for supercell thunderstorms to form and track across Northeast New Jersey. These storms were prolific hail producers.
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A shortwave rotating around a deep upper trough over New England acted on warm humid air in place at the surface to allow for supercell thunderstorms to form and track across Northeast New Jersey. These storms were prolific hail producers.
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 26, 2:22 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 322 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THEN BUILDS INTO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES FOR THE WEEKEND...THEN SLIDES OFFSHORE BY MONDAY. ANOTHER SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...ENSURING UNSETTLED WEATHER. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY IN PLACE...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PASS ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. PLENTY OF LEFTOVER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF PATCHY FOG. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. REGARDING TEMPERATURES...FOLLOWED MOS BLEND. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... CLOSED UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD POOL OVER THE AREA SATURDAY WILL SLOWLY PASS TO THE EAST AS NEXT CLOSED LOW DIGS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WOULD EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP SATURDAY...BUT DRIER BOUNDARY LAYER WILL KEEP CAPES DOWN SOMEWHAT IN SPITE OF COLD AIR ALOFT. DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION WANES SATURDAY EVENING...AND EXPECT SLIGHTLY LESS COVERAGE ON SUNDAY AS CWA REMAINS BETWEEN WEAKENING LOW...AND UPSTREAM LOW. WEAK RIDGING BETWEEN. MINIMAL POPS STILL WARRANTED THROUGH MONDAY AS MODELS DO OUTPUT SCT CONVECTION IN PERSISTENT UNSTABLE AIRMASS. AGAIN...COVERAGE QUITE LOW...SO MANY LOCATIONS SHOULD REMAIN DRY. AS FOR TEMPS...UNDERCUT MAVS AND LEANED TOWARD COOLER MET NUMBERS DUE TO CONVECTION AND CLOSED UPPER LOW PARKED OVER THE NORTHEAST. FEEL TEMPS REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. A SLIGHT WARMUP POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY...NEAR NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH AT LEAST CHANCE POPS EACH DAY FOR RAIN SHOWERS. A LARGE CUTOFF LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL SLOWLY SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE WEEK. SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW PROVIDE CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS AND PERIODS OF SHOWER ACTIVITY. CLOUD COVER SHOULD KEEP HIGH TEMPS AT OR NEAR CLIMATOLOGY...MAINLY IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON CONVECTION ACROSS THE TERMINALS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SHORT WAVE NOTED IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NRN PA AND SRN TIER OF NY WILL DROP SE AND CROSS NYC AREA TERMINALS 21-01Z. SUB-VFR EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ALL TERMINALS. STRONG TO LOCALIZED SEVERE CONVECTION WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING EXPECTED. IFR CEILINGS ACROSS COASTAL CT AND LI WILL MIX OUT TEMPORARILY AS CONVECTION MOVES APPROACHES. WESTERLY WINDS OF 10-15 KT IN THE MIXED LAYER. FOG/HAZE WILL REDEVELOP QUICKLY OVERNIGHT. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LIKELY BRING VLIFR CONDS ACROSS COASTAL TERMINALS EARLY MORNING HOURS AND MAY LINGER THROUGH MID MORNING SAT...ESPECIALLY AT KGON. OUTLOOK /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... SAT-TUE:...VFR...WITH SUB VFR POSSIBLE IN SCT TSRA/SHRA. && .MARINE... WINDS REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. LATEST OBSERVATIONS INDICATE NEAR 5 FOOT SEAS IN A SE SWELL. WAVE WATCH SEEMS TOO HIGH INITIALLY...SO UNDERCUT OUTPUT BY A FOOT. FEEL SEAS REMAIN BELOW 5 FT...AS WIND DRIVEN WAVES NEGLIGIBLE. COLD FRONT SLOWLY PASSES ACROSS THE WATERS TONIGHT. AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS IN THE WATERS VICINITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. UNSETTLED WEATHER THE MAIN THREAT FOR MARINE INTERESTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .HYDROLOGY... WITH PWATS AROUND 1.5 INCHES THIS EVENING...ANY THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING MINOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS GIVEN RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION). AREA WIDE EXPECT BASIN AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.75 INCHES FROM CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. RELATIVELY WET PERIOD SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS DAILY...MOST AREAS WILL NOT RECEIVE RAIN EVERY DAY...BUT THOSE THAT DO COULD RECEIVE 0.25-0.5 INCHES. MAIN IMPACT WILL BE TO KEEP AREA WATER TABLES FROM RECEDING FROM RELATIVELY HIGH CURRENT LEVELS. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. NJ...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PW NEAR TERM...PW SHORT TERM...PW LONG TERM...BC AVIATION...IRD MARINE...BC/PW HYDROLOGY...PW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 247 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011- NYZ067>081-271345- 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-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- 247 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 517 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
451 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
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0448 PM HAIL WATERBURY 41.56N 73.04W
06/26/2009 E0.75 INCH NEW HAVEN CT TRAINED SPOTTER
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JMCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
456 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
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0455 PM HAIL PORT JERVIS 41.38N 74.69W
06/26/2009 E0.88 INCH ORANGE NY EMERGENCY MNGR
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JMCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
513 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
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0510 PM HAIL 4 NW CHESHIRE 41.55N 72.95W
06/26/2009 E0.88 INCH NEW HAVEN CT TRAINED SPOTTER
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JMCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
518 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
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0505 PM HAIL EASTCHESTER 40.96N 73.81W
06/26/2009 E1.00 INCH WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
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JMCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 547 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 NYZ078-262245- NORTHWEST SUFFOLK- 547 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SUFFOLK COUNTY... AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DARIEN TO BAYVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF NORWALK TO OYSTER BAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR CENTERPORT BY 605 PM. NEAR NORTHPORT BY 610 PM. NEAR STONY BROOK BY 640 PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.5 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. MALOIT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
556 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
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0550 PM HAIL 2 SW JEWETT CITY 41.59N 72.01W
06/26/2009 E0.75 INCH NEW LONDON CT TRAINED SPOTTER
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JMCThe Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.
2 hail, 2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down across Route 4 in Englewood.
Nickle size hail was reported in Westfield.
Penny to nickle size hail was reported in Plainfield.
Lightning struck the Fire Department Headquarters in Teaneck.
Lightning struck the home at 239 Colonial Avenue in Union.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Jersey in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, June 2009
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: 179301, 179292, 179293, 179307, 179309.