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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS New York, NY

December 18, 2009Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this blizzard watch at Dec 18, 2009, 4:02 AM EST for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Dec 19, 2009, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 18, 2009, 4:02 AM EST (09:02 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 19, 2009, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 18, 2009, 4:19 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

County Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 blizzard watch 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 blizzard watch went out at Dec 18, 12:51 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 12:51 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 4:12 PM EST, 11 hours 50 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
Dec 18, 4:01 AM EST	Gale Watch	OKX		12 hr
Dec 18, 4:01 AM EST	Storm Watch	OKX		12 hr
Dec 18, 4:02 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Putnam, Richmond and 2 more	36 hr
Dec 18, 3:57 PM EST	Blizzard Warning	OKX	Suffolk	43 hr
Dec 18, 3:57 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Putnam, Richmond and 2 more	43 hr
Dec 18, 3:59 PM EST	Gale Warning	OKX		53 hr
Dec 18, 3:59 PM EST	Storm Warning	OKX		43 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.