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Heavy Snow Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

March 2, 20064 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this heavy snow warning at Mar 2, 2006, 5:13 AM EST for 4 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 2, 2006, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2006, 5:13 AM EST (10:13 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 2, 2006, 9:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 2, 2006, 2:21 PM EST
In force: 5 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, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 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 heavy snow warning 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 heavy snow warning went out at Mar 2, 4:30 AM EST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 4:30 AM EST, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 5:13 AM EST, 0 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
Mar 2, 2:21 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Putnam, Richmond and 3 more	9 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in New York, 2006 Heavy Snow Warnings in Connecticut, 2006 Every heavy snow warning 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.