Alert archive / Connecticut / High Wind Warnings in 2009

High Wind Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

March 2, 2009Suffolk County, New York; Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this high wind warning at Mar 2, 2009, 3:17 AM EST for Suffolk County, New York; Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 4 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
Mar 2, 2009, 3:17 AM EST (08:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2009, 7:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

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

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2009-03-02Temperature 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 2009-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 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 020817
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
317 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS LONG ISLAND
AND MOST OF COASTAL CONNECTICUT...

CTZ010>012-NYZ077>081-021200-
/O.NEW.KOKX.HW.W.0002.090302T0817Z-090302T1200Z/
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
317 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

UPPER LEVEL ENERGY IS CAUSING STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS TO REACH
THE GROUND WITH A STRONG SNOW BAND CURRENTLY STRETCHING FROM
TRENTON...TO WRIGHTSTOWN TO FAR SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. THIS BAND WILL REACH...

NASSAU COUNTY AROUND 430 AM...
WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY AROUND 5 AM... 
CENTRAL SUFFOLK AND COASTAL NEW HAVEN COUNTY AROUND 545 AM...
THE TWIN FORKS AND COASTAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY AROUND 615 AM...
AND COASTAL NEW LONDON COUNTY AROUND 640 AM. 

THE BAND SHOULD CLEAR COASTAL NEW LONDON COUNTY AND THE TWIN
FORKS BY 7 AM.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WITH SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF
30 TO 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS BAND ALREADY...AND IT
KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL TREES EARLIER ON THE NORTHERN DELMARVA
PENINSULA. 

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.

&&

$$

MALOIT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KOKX 021156
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
656 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...STRONGEST WINDS DECREASING...

CTZ010>012-NYZ077>081-021300-
/O.EXP.KOKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090302T1200Z/
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
656 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

THE IMPULSE RESPONSIBLE FOR STRONG WINDS HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OUT
OF THE REGION. WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL
POSSIBLE...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 2:52 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningOKX113 min
Mar 2, 3:08 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningOKX97 min
Mar 2, 4:48 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningOKX117 min
Mar 2, 3:59 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX37 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Connecticut, 2009High Wind Warnings in New York, 2009Every high wind warning in 2009

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.