Post Event Storm Survey Photos For NWS
Showing Trees And Limbs Damaged By Straight Line Winds In Closter NJ
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NWS Issued Severe Thunderstorm Warning
WUUS51 KOKX 080225
SVROKX
NJC003-031-NYC071-087-080330-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0054.090708T0225Z-090708T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1025 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...
* AT 1024 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GOSHEN TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WARWICK TO 11 MILES WEST OF WEST MILFORD TO 26 MILES WEST OF WEST
MILFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GOSHEN TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WARWICK TO 11 MILES NORTH OF HOPATCONG TO 13 MILES
WEST OF HOPATCONG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GOSHEN AND FLORIDA BY 1030 PM...
WARWICK BY 1035 PM...
CHESTER BY 1040 PM...
WEST MILFORD AND GREENWOOD LAKE BY 1050 PM...
MONROE BY 1055 PM...
RINGWOOD AND HARRIMAN BY 1105 PM...
LAT...LON 4151 7441 4137 7396 4133 7398 4129 7395
4124 7396 4109 7406 4098 7421 4095 7428
4099 7431 4101 7443 4104 7444 4104 7447
4102 7448 4103 7450 4108 7451 4119 7438
4128 7456
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 293DEG 17KT 4140 7436 4122 7446
4111 7461 4102 7488
$$
DSW
WFUS51 KOKX 080334
TOROKX
NYC059-119-080400-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0005.090708T0334Z-090708T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1134 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...
* AT 1132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW
ROCHELLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTH OF PORT CHESTER BY 1140 PM...
SANDS POINT AND RYE BY 1145 PM...
GLEN COVE AND PORT WASHINGTON BY 1150 PM...
BAYVILLE BY 1155 PM...
OYSTER BAY...SYOSSET...BROOKVILLE AND 7 MILES NORTH OF HICKSVILLE
BY MIDNIGHT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4082 7376 4085 7375 4085 7373 4088 7372
4090 7375 4089 7380 4093 7391 4103 7389
4101 7365 4098 7364 4095 7366 4094 7370
4091 7375 4085 7366 4088 7366 4091 7363
4092 7352 4086 7346 4076 7349
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 287DEG 26KT 4093 7379
$$
SMITH
NWS Public Information Statement On Storm Damage Survey
NOUS41 KOKX 082357
PNSOKX
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
800 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009
...DAMAGE FROM OVERNIGHT STORMS IN SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY
CLASSIFIED AS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...
LOCATION...YONKERS TO EASTCHESTER, WESTCHESTER, NY
DATE...JULY 7, 2009
ESTIMATED TIME...1125 PM TO 1140 PM
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH (REVISED)
PATH WIDTH...UP TO 1 MILE (VARIED)
PATH LENGTH...AT LEAST 5 MILES (IN WESTCHESTER)
FATALITIES...NONE
INJURIES...1
METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) NEW YORK, NY
FORECAST OFFICE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. THE METEOROLOGISTS CONCLUDED THAT
THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAME STORM THAT PRODUCED STORM DAMAGE IN BERGEN COUNTY IN
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY MOVED INTO YONKERS AROUND 1125 PM AS THE
STORM INTENSIFIED. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ANALYSIS WOULD CLASSIFY
THE STORM AS A SUPERCELL WITH A STRONG MESOCYCLONE AT THIS TIME. A
LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS DOWNED NUMEROUS LARGE
TREES THAT FELL ON STRUCTURES, POWERLINES AND CARS. THE WORST DAMAGE
OBSERVED IN THE AREA WAS IN TREVOR PARK AROUND THE HUDSON RIVER
MUSEUM WHERE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE GUSTED UP TO AN ESTIMATED
100 MPH. SOME MINOR DAMAGE APPEARED TO OCCUR TO THE ROOF OF THE
MUSEUM WITH A FEW SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. NEARLY ALL TREES APPEARED TO
HAVE FALLEN TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST. THE DAMAGE AREA EXTENDED EAST
TO NORTH BROADWAY AND INTO GRANT PARK ON PARK AVE WHERE NUMEROUS
LARGE TREES WERE ALSO KNOCKED OVER FALLING TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST.
DOWNED LARGE TREES WERE ALSO OBSERVED IN OAKLAND CEMETERY.
DOWNED TREES WERE ALSO OBSERVED IN MOUNT VERNON ALONG WEST STREET
AND MACQUESTEN PARKWAY NORTH WHERE WINDS OF 70 MPH WERE ESTIMATED TO
HAVE OCCURRED. AGAIN, ALL TREES APPEARED TO FALL TO THE SOUTHEAST.
THERE WAS ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE TO A LESSER DEGREE TO THE NORTH
OBSERVED ALONG AND NEAR THE CROSS COUNTY PARKWAY.
IN BRONXVILLE, SEVERAL TREES WERE SEEN DOWNED ALONG THE BRONX RIVER
PARKWAY FROM EXITS 1 TO 3. IN EASTCHESTER/TUCKAHOE, SEVERAL LARGE
TREES WERE DOWNED IN THE VICINITY OF RIDGE AND GOVERNORS ROADS. A
LARGE TREE HERE FELL ON POWERLINES SNAPPING A TELEPHONE POLE IN
HALF. WINDS IN THIS AREA WERE ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE WIND DAMAGE, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE HAIL FROM THE
STORM ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE HAIL ACCUMULATED TO SEVERAL
INCHES IN YONKERS AND WAS STILL VISIBLE THIS MORNING. RAIN SWEPT THE
HAIL INTO SOME LOCATIONS TO DEPTH OVER A FOOT. IN ONE LOCATION ON
HOOVER ROAD IN NORTHERN YONKERS...UP TO 4 FEET OF HAIL ACCUMULATED
INSIDE A HOME AFTER THE DRAINAGE BECAME CLOGGED.
LASTLY, IN NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY ON LONG ISLAND...A LIMITED SURVEY
OF JERICHO AND SEA CLIFF DID NOT REVEAL ANY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
THE NWS EXTENDS ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY
EXECUTIVE AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR CONTINUED
SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION WITH THIS AND PAST STORM EVENTS. WE ALSO
EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO THE RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS OF
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY THAT GRACIOUSLY TOOK THE TIME TO
DESCRIBE THE STORM TO US AND ASSIST WITH THE SURVEY.
$$
TONGUE/LEPTICH
NWUS51 KOKX 080603
LSROKX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
202 AM EDT WED JUL 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0124 PM HAIL NAUGATUCK 41.49N 73.05W
07/07/2009 E0.88 INCH NEW HAVEN CT NWS EMPLOYEE
NICKEL SIZE HAIL
0125 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 S NORWALK 41.06N 73.42W
07/07/2009 M40.00 MPH ANZ335 CT MESONET
0130 PM HAIL 3 E WATERBURY 41.56N 72.97W
07/07/2009 E0.88 INCH NEW HAVEN CT TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
0150 PM TSTM WND DMG OLD FIELD 40.96N 73.13W
07/07/2009 SUFFOLK NY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE FELL DOWN, TAKING DOWN WIRES ON OLD FIELD ROAD, TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
0307 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE SHELTER ISLAND 41.10N 72.33W
07/07/2009 SUFFOLK NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIRES DOWN NEAR HAY BEACH ON STATEN ISLAND
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG MONTVILLE 41.44N 72.12W
07/07/2009 NEW LONDON CT EMERGENCY MNGR
MOBILE HOME DAMAGED FROM A TREE THAT FELL ONTO THE HOME,
ALSO POWER LINES WENT DOWN, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG ROCKVILLE CENTRE 40.66N 73.64W
07/07/2009 NASSAU NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT VILLAGE, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
0430 PM FLASH FLOOD ROCKVILLE CENTRE 40.66N 73.64W
07/07/2009 NASSAU NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
LONG BEACH ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
1105 PM TSTM WND DMG RAMSEY 41.06N 74.15W
07/07/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON PLAZA LANE AND NORTH STREET NEAR
TRAIN STATION
1106 PM TSTM WND DMG RAMSEY 41.06N 74.15W
07/07/2009 BERGEN NJ PUBLIC
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN CLOSING DARLINGTON AVENUE AT NORTH
STREET, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
1110 PM TSTM WND DMG WNW ALLENDALE 41.03N 74.13W
07/07/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN BLOCKING FORREST ROAD AND HILLSIDE AVENUE
1114 PM HAIL HILLSDALE 41.01N 74.04W
07/07/2009 E0.75 INCH BERGEN NJ PUBLIC
PENNY SIZE HAIL, TIME ADJUSTED FROM RADAR
1114 PM TSTM WND GST HILLSDALE 41.01N 74.04W
07/07/2009 M58.00 MPH BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER LINES DOWN, LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN, TRANSFORMER
BLOWN, TIME ADJUSTED FROM RADAR
1117 PM TSTM WND DMG WOODCLIFF LAKE 41.03N 74.06W
07/07/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN BLOCKING PASCACK ROAD AND WOODCLIFF AVENUE
1125 PM HAIL YONKERS 40.95N 73.87W
07/07/2009 E1.75 INCH WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
1131 PM TSTM WND DMG YONKERS 40.95N 73.87W
07/07/2009 WESTCHESTER NY PUBLIC
LARGE TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN, TIME ADJUSTED FROM RADAR
1131 PM HAIL YONKERS 40.95N 73.87W
07/07/2009 E0.75 INCH WESTCHESTER NY PUBLIC
PENNY SIZE HAIL, TIME ADJUSTED FROM RADAR
1145 PM TSTM WND GST NEW ROCHELLE 40.92N 73.78W
07/07/2009 M65.00 MPH WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
1145 PM HAIL NEW ROCHELLE 40.92N 73.78W
07/07/2009 E1.00 INCH WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL
1153 PM TSTM WND DMG SEA CLIFF 40.85N 73.64W
07/07/2009 NASSAU NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
1201 AM TSTM WND DMG BROOKVILLE 40.81N 73.57W
07/08/2009 NASSAU NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
1206 AM HAIL MILL NECK 40.88N 73.56W
07/08/2009 E0.75 INCH NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL
1210 AM TSTM WND DMG JERICHO 40.79N 73.54W
07/08/2009 NASSAU NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
1210 AM TSTM WND DMG SYOSSET 40.82N 73.50W
07/08/2009 NASSAU NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR