Alert archive / New York / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this high wind warning at Feb 17, 2006, 4:02 AM EST for Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut; 9 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 17, 2006, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr. 14 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
- Feb 17, 2006, 4:02 AM EST (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2006, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2006, 3:02 PM EST
- In force
- 6 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 09:01 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 11:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Goshen, NY | TREE DOWN ON CAR |
| Feb 17, 11:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Brewster, NY | LARGE TREE FELL ON CAR. THE TREE ALSO TOOK DOWN SEVERAL POWER POLES AND ELECTRIC LINES AS IT FELL. |
| Feb 17, 11:48 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Brooklyn Heights, NY | |
| Feb 17, 11:48 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Todt Hill, NY | |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Florida, NY | VERY LARGE TREE FELL ACROSS ROUTE 17-A. |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Larchmont, NY | POWER POLES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Middletown, NY | THREE LARGE TREES FELL ACROSS HIGHLAND AVENUE. |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Montgomery, NY | LARGE ROOF PEELED OFF A BUSINESS. |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Newburgh, NY | US9 AT ALBANY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO LOW HANGING TREE LIMBS OVER THE ROADWAY. |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Scarsdale, NY | CLOSED ROADS DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES. TIME OF REPORT ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 17, 12:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Bayonne, NJ | |
| Feb 17, 12:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Brewster, NY | ROOF TORN OFF BUILDING. PARTIAL BUILDING COLLAPSE. |
| Feb 17, 1:59 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Shinnecock Hills, NY | |
| Feb 17, 2:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Shirley, NY | POWER POLES DOWN |
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 00:00Z, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KOKX 170902 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 402 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC TODAY. ITS ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH OUR AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-171715- /O.UPG.KOKX.WI.Y.0007.060217T1400Z-060217T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.HW.W.0002.060217T1500Z-060217T2300Z/ 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- 402 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE FELT THROUGH THE MID MORNING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA AHEAD OF A POTENT COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ON THE ORDER OF 50 TO 60 MPH ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT...WHICH WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE THIS MORNING MAY ALSO CAUSE WIND GUSTS TO APPROACH 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AS WELL AS DOWNED TREES. LOOSE BRICKS AND SCAFFOLDING COULD FALL AS WINDS ACCELERATE BETWEEN CITY BUILDINGS. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BECOME ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES. $$ MLE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KOKX 171052 AAA NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 552 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC TODAY. ITS ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH OUR AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-171900- /O.EXT.KOKX.HW.W.0002.060217T1400Z-060217T2200Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 552 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE FELT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA AHEAD OF A POTENT COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ON THE ORDER OF 50 TO 60 MPH ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT...WHICH WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES... AS WELL AS DOWNED TREES. LOOSE BRICKS AND SCAFFOLDING COULD FALL AS WINDS ACCELERATE BETWEEN CITY BUILDINGS. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BECOME ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES. $$
000 WWUS71 KOKX 171534 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1034 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC TODAY. ITS ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH OUR AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-172200- /O.CON.KOKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T2200Z/ 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- 1034 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE FELT THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND QUICKLY INCREASE. THE HIGHEST..POTENTIALLYY DAMAGING...WINDS WILL BE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS COULD GUST TO AS HIGH AS 60 MILES AN HOUR AS THE FRONT COMES THROUGH. HOWEVER...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES... AS WELL AS DOWNED TREES. LOOSE BRICKS AND SCAFFOLDING COULD FALL AS WINDS ACCELERATE BETWEEN CITY BUILDINGS. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BECOME ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES. $$
000 WWUS71 KOKX 172002 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 302 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH 500 PM TODAY... .LOW OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND EAST INTO THIS EVENING WITH THE WINDS ACROSS THE REGION GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-172200- /O.CAN.KOKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0008.060217T2002Z-060217T2200Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 302 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MILES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL BE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE IN THE DAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 3:02 PM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | Hudson, Passaic | 118 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New York, 2006High Wind Warnings in Connecticut, 2006High Wind Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Every high wind 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.