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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS New York, NY

February 10, 20066 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this blizzard watch at Feb 10, 2006, 4:52 AM EST for 6 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 11, 2006, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2006, 4:52 AM EST (09:52 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2006, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 12, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 21 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, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard watch went out, 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 this blizzard watch went out at Feb 10, 4:13 AM EST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 4:13 AM EST, 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 4:52 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	24 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Watches in New York, 2006 Blizzard Watches in Connecticut, 2006 Every blizzard watch in 2006

Sources

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