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Heavy Snow Warning 1, NWS New York, NY

January 13, 20089 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this heavy snow warning at Jan 13, 2008, 4:43 AM EST for 9 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It took effect at Jan 13, 2008, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 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: Jan 13, 2008, 4:43 AM EST (09:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 13, 2008, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 14, 2008, 7:46 AM EST
In force: 11 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 09:42 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 Jan 13, 12:32 AM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 12:32 AM EST, 4 hours 11 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
Jan 13, 4:43 AM EST	Snow Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	23 hr
Jan 13, 4:22 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Suffolk, Westchester	12 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in New York, 2008 Heavy Snow Warnings in Connecticut, 2008 Heavy Snow Warnings in New Jersey, 2008 Every heavy snow warning in 2008

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.