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Wind Advisory 2, NWS New York, NY

January 30, 20089 counties in New York; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2008, 4:05 AM EST for 9 counties in New York; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 30, 2008, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2008, 4:05 AM EST (09:05 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2008, 9:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 30, 2008, 4:25 PM EST
In force
7 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 09:05 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, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-01-30Temperature 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 2008-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 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 300905
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
405 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS LIKELY TODAY...

.A STRONG STORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA WILL BRING A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE
FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SOUTHERLY WINDS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE WEST AS THE COLD AIR
MOVES IN.

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-301700-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.080130T1400Z-080130T2200Z/
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-
405 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WESTERLY
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50
MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS
COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FROM
WEST TO EAST DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND GUSTS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE
BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KOKX 301648
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1148 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...

.ON THE HEELS OF A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS MORNING...
COLD AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WEST
WINDS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-302200-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T2200Z/
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-
1148 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA BEHIND A STRONG COLD
FRONT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND GUSTS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE
BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KOKX 302125
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
425 PM EST WED JAN 30 2008

...GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-302230-
/O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T2200Z/
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-
425 PM EST WED JAN 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
TO 40 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 8:47 PM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryOKXOrange4 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New York, 2008Wind Advisories in Connecticut, 2008Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2008Every wind advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.