Alert archive / New York / High Wind Warnings in 2005

High Wind Warning 1, NWS New York, NY

October 15, 2005Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey; 9 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this high wind warning at Oct 15, 2005, 3:28 PM EDT for Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey; 9 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Oct 16, 2005, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2005, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 16, 2005, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2005, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 16, 11:25 AM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGHampton Bays, NYTREE DOWN ON HOUSE WITH SOME DAMAGE.
Oct 16, 1:30 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGMidtown Manhattan, NY17TH FLOOR WINDOW BLOWN OUT
Oct 16, 3:10 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 N Todt Hill, NYTREE FELL ON PERSON IN CLOVE LAKES PARK. INJURY UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
Oct 16, 4:10 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGBensonhurst, NYNUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE BOROUGH REPORTED BY NYC OEM
Oct 16, 4:10 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGTodt Hill, NYNUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE BOROUGH REPORTED BY NYC OEM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KOKX 151928
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
328 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2005

...WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY ON MONDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT...THEN INTO THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES ON SUNDAY. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
TRI-STATE AREA IN ITS WAKE ON SUNDAY.

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-161100-
/X.NEW.KOKX.HW.W.0001.051016T1200Z-051016T2200Z/
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-
328 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY. 

BRISK WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH THESE
GUSTS ARE SHORT OF THE USUAL HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA...TREES
ACROSS THE AREA ARE STILL IN FULL LEAF AND SOILS ARE WATERLOGGED
AFTER THE EXCESSIVE RAINS OF LAST WEEK. THESE FACTORS WILL MAKE THE
WINDS CAPABLE OF DOWNING LARGE TREES AND TREE LIMBS...WHICH COULD
ALSO CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KOKX 151935 CCA
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
334 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2005

...WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY ON SUNDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT...THEN INTO THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES ON SUNDAY. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
TRI-STATE AREA IN ITS WAKE ON SUNDAY.

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-161130-
/X.NEW.KOKX.HW.W.0001.051016T1200Z-051016T2200Z/
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-
334 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY. 

BRISK WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH THESE
GUSTS ARE SHORT OF THE USUAL HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA...TREES
ACROSS THE AREA ARE STILL IN FULL LEAF AND SOILS ARE WATERLOGGED
AFTER THE EXCESSIVE RAINS OF LAST WEEK. THESE FACTORS WILL MAKE THE
WINDS CAPABLE OF DOWNING LARGE TREES AND TREE LIMBS...WHICH COULD
ALSO CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KOKX 160742
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
342 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005

...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE NEAR NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA WILL ACT TO KEEP
A TIGHT GRADIENT ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTHEAST TODAY. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY
PULL AWAY TONIGHT.

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-161545-
/X.CON.KOKX.HW.W.0001.051016T1200Z-051016T2200Z/
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-
342 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

BRISK WEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT...AND WILL INCREASE TO
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAY ON
SUNDAY...WITH A ISOLATED LOCATIONS PERHAPS EXPERIENCING A GUST TO
50 MPH. ALTHOUGH THESE GUSTS ARE SHORT OF THE USUAL HIGH WIND
WARNING CRITERIA...TREES ACROSS THE AREA ARE STILL FULLY FOLIATED
AND SOILS ARE WATER LOGGED AFTER THE EXCESSIVE RAINS OF LAST WEEK.
THESE FACTORS WILL MAKE THE WINDS CAPABLE OF DOWNING LARGE TREES
AND TREE LIMBS...WHICH COULD ALSO CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KOKX 161830
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
230 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005

...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE NEAR NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA WILL ACT TO KEEP A
TIGHT GRADIENT ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW
WILL SLOWLY PULL AWAY TONIGHT.

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-162200-
/X.CON.KOKX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051016T2200Z/
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-
230 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

BRISK WEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED...AND WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS GENERALLY BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MPH THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THESE GUSTS ARE SHORT OF THE
USUAL HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA...TREES ACROSS THE AREA ARE STILL
FULLY FOLIATED AND SOILS ARE WATER LOGGED AFTER THE EXCESSIVE
RAINS OF THE PAST WEEK. THESE FACTORS WILL MAKE THE WINDS CAPABLE
OF DOWNING LARGE TREES AND TREE LIMBS...WHICH COULD ALSO CAUSE
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. WE HAVE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF REPORTS OF
DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...AND THIS THREAT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 2:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX67 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in New York, 2005High Wind Warnings in Connecticut, 2005High Wind Warnings in New Jersey, 2005Every high wind warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.