Alert archive / New York / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this high wind warning at Dec 31, 2008, 3:53 AM EST for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut; 9 counties in New York; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It took effect at Dec 31, 2008, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr. 1 report 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
- Dec 31, 2008, 3:53 AM EST (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2009, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Greater Bridgeport 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), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 7:49 PM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | Hampton Bays, NY | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 43 MPH AT SHINNECOCK LIGHT TOWER |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 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 310853 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 353 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS EAST...JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND...TODAY. THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ITS WAKE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. CTZ005-009-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>078-080-081-311800- /O.NEW.KOKX.HW.W.0002.081231T1800Z-090101T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-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-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 353 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. EASTERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE PASSES EAST OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...THEY WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM....LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IS LIKELY. THESE TYPE OF WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES...TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...AS WELL AS DESTROYING LOOSE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS. DRIVING WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT IN THE HIGH WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. NOT TO MENTION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS AS WELL. IN ADDITION...THESE WINDS WILL BE USHERING AN ARCTIC AIRMASS INTO THE REGION...WHICH WILL HAVE WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING TO FIVE TO FIVE BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KOKX 311327 CCA NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 826 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS EAST...JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND...TODAY. THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ITS WAKE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. CTZ005-009-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>078-080-081-312245- /O.COR.KOKX.HW.W.0002.081231T1800Z-090101T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-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-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 826 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. EASTERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE PASSES EAST OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...THEY WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM....LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IS LIKELY. THESE TYPE OF WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES...TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...AS WELL AS DESTROYING LOOSE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS. DRIVING WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT IN THE HIGH WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. NOT TO MENTION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS AS WELL. IN ADDITION...THESE WINDS WILL BE USHERING AN ARCTIC AIRMASS INTO THE REGION...WHICH WILL HAVE WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING TO FIVE TO FIVE BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KOKX 311707 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1207 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ITS WAKE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. CTZ005-009-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>078-080-081-312345- /O.CON.KOKX.HW.W.0002.081231T1800Z-090101T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-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-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1207 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM....LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IS LIKELY. THESE TYPE OF WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES...TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...AS WELL AS DESTROYING LOOSE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS. DRIVING WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT IN THE HIGH WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. NOT TO MENTION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS AS WELL. IN ADDITION...THESE WINDS WILL BE USHERING AN ARCTIC AIRMASS INTO THE REGION...WHICH WILL HAVE WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING TO FIVE TO FIVE BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KOKX 312021 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 321 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EAST OF CAPE COD WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ITS WAKE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS INTO TONIGHT. CTZ005-NJZ002>005-011-NYZ067>070-010600- /O.CAN.KOKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090101T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0019.081231T2021Z-090101T0600Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX- UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 321 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. HIGH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PEOPLE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORISTS DRIVING ACROSS BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. HIGH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO FALL FROM FIVE BELOW TO FIVE DEGREES ABOVE ZERO DEGREES. DRESS IN LAYERS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CTZ009-NJZ006-NYZ071>078-080-081-010600- /O.EXT.KOKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090101T0600Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-HUDSON-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 321 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THESE TYPE OF WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES...TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...AS WELL AS DESTROYING LOOSE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS. DRIVING WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT IN THE HIGH WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. NOT TO MENTION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS AS WELL. IN ADDITION...THESE WINDS WILL BE USHERING AN ARCTIC AIRMASS INTO THE REGION...WHICH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS OF FIVE ABOVE TO FIVE BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 4:47 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 15 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 10 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:52 AM EST | Storm Warning | OKX | 20 hr | |
| Dec 31, 4:52 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | OKX | 25 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New York, 2008High Wind Warnings in New Jersey, 2008High Wind Warnings in Connecticut, 2008Every high wind 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.