Amityville Weather - Special Cases

Special Weather Statements:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

Date Issued: 707 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008
Expiration: 800 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING EAST CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY...

AT 705 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTH OF PATCHOGUE...MOVING NORTH AT
45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR MASTIC BY 725 AM...
NEAR BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY BY 730 AM...
NEAR MANORVILLE BY 735 AM...
NEAR WADING RIVER BY 740 AM...
NEAR WESTHAMPTON BY 750 AM...
NEAR RIVERHEAD BY 755 AM.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN AT THE RATE
OF AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THIS STORM 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.


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Date Issued: 426 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008
Expiration: 630 AM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

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

FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ALSO FORECAST A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL AND AN
ISOLATED TORNADO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

&&

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.