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  NOUS41 KOKX 191951
  PNSOKX
  NYZ072-200800-
  
  PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
  351 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
  
  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE IN CENTRAL PARK CLASSIFIED AS
  STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE...
  
  THIS CLASSIFICATION IS BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT OF INFORMATION FROM
  NEW YORK CITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...DOPPLER RADAR SIGNATURES...
  LOCAL WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...AND PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE ACROSS
  CENTRAL PARK.
  
  A BOUNDARY GENERATED FROM RAIN-COOLED AIR ASSOCIATED WITH
  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEW JERSEY WORKED NORTHEAST INTO A
  HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA
  TUESDAY EVENING. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREA.
  
  THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL
  PARK DEVELOPED IN THE VICINITY OF NEWARK AROUND 93O PM...SHORTLY
  THEREAFTER BECOMING SEVERE AND TRACKING NORTHEAST ACROSS
  MANHATTAN. THE TIME OF THE DAMAGE ACROSS CENTRAL PARK IS ESTIMATED
  TO HAVE OCCURRED AROUND 1005 PM...WITH OVER A HUNDRED TREES
  REPORTED DOWN.
  
  IN ADDITION...THERE WERE REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND
  DAMAGE ACROSS THE BRONX...QUEENS AND NASSAU COUNTIES.
  
  $$