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Wind Advisory 3, NWS New York, NY

April 12, 2007Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2007, 4:12 AM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Apr 12, 2007, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2007, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2007, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2007, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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 120812
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
412 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007

...GUSTY WINDS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING OVER NEW YORK CITY BEFORE PASSING
OVER LONG ISLAND BEFORE MOVING TOWARDS THE GULF OF MAINE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL ALLOW WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH TO BRIEFLY MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

CTZ011-012-NYZ079-081-121600-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0003.070412T1500Z-070412T1900Z/
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
412 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN
PORTIONS OF COASTAL CONNECTICUT AND FOR EASTERN LONG ISLAND. A
DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE PASSING OVERHEAD...AND
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE MIXING DOWN
TO THE SURFACE. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

MPS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KOKX 121532
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1132 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007

...GUSTY WINDS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE JUST SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG
ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT. A
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL ALLOW WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TO
OCCASIONALLY MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE DURING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

CTZ011-012-NYZ079-081-121900-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070412T1900Z/
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
1132 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF LONG ISLAND
AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT. A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE
PASSING JUST TO THE SOUTH...AND WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW
LEVEL JET WILL BE MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WINDS WILL BE
DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX36 min
Apr 12, 6:50 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementOKX4 days

Nearby

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Sources

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