Alert archive / New York / Freezing Rain Advisories in 2011
Freezing Rain Advisory 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this freezing rain advisory at Feb 2, 2011, 10:48 AM EST for 4 counties in New York; 4 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 2, 2011, 11:54 AM EST. It was in force for 109 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2011, 10:48 AM EST (15:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2011, 11:54 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 1:43 PM EST
- In force
- 109 min
- 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, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 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 freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Feb 2, 6:58 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 6:58 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 2, 7:07 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 CTZ005-006-NYZ067>070-021415- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A HALF INCH OF SLEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS TIME...WITH UP TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S. TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION TRAVELING THIS MORNING AS UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE ICE AND SLEET COVERED. CTZ009-010-NJZ002-004-103>105-107-NYZ071-021415- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX- WESTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS EARLY THIS MORNING. ICE ACCRETION RATES OF .05 TO .10 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED TROUGH 9 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB THROUGH THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 THROUGH THIS TIME. TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION TRAVELING THIS MORNING AS UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE A SHEET OF ICE. IN ADDITION...THESE ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CTZ011-012-NYZ074-075-078>081-177>179-021415- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH PRECIPITATION NOW IN THE FORM OF PLAIN RAIN. TRAVELERS ARE STILL ADVISED TO USE CAUTION TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING AS UNTREATED SURFACES WILL REMAIN ICY UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S BY MID MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY BRING DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. NJZ006-106-108-NYZ072-073-176-021415- HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- NORTHERN QUEENS- 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS EARLY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING DURING THIS TIME. TRAVELERS ARE STILL ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING AS UNTREATED SURFACES ARE A SHEET OF ICE. IN ADDITION...THESE ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY BRING DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CTZ007-008-021415- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON- 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM...WITH UP TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION EXPECTED THROUGH THAT TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY SLOWLY CLIMB INTO THE MID 20S DURING THIS TIME. TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION EARLY THIS MORNING AS UNTREATED SURFACES ARE A SHEET OF ICE.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 9:41 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 941 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 CTZ012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ072-074-075-078>081-176>179-021745- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 941 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ....FALLING ICE FROM TREES AND POWER LINES... WHILE TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING AND THERE IS NO LONGER A FREEZING RAIN THREAT...MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TO ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. IN ADDITION...AS TEMPERATURES RISE THIS MORNING...ICE WILL BEGIN TO FALL OFF OF POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. ONCE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO THE EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL...WITH ANY STANDING WATER REFREEZING LATER THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 9:59 AM EST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 959 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 CTZ012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ072-074-075-078>081-176>179-021800- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 959 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 WHILE TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING AND THERE IS NO LONGER A FREEZING RAIN THREAT...MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TO ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. IN ADDITION...AS TEMPERATURES RISE THIS MORNING...ICE WILL BEGIN TO FALL OFF OF POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN OFF THE OCEAN...AREAS OF FOG WILL ALSO IMPACT PARTS OF LONG ISLAND AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF CONNECTICUT THIS MORNING. ONCE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO THE EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL...WITH ANY STANDING WATER REFREEZING LATER THIS EVENING.
Local storm report, Feb 2, 10:44 AM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1044 AM EST WED FEB 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM ICE STORM SCOTCH PLAINS 40.63N 74.37W
02/02/2011 UNION NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
DOWNED TREE ON NJ ROUTE 22. ALL LANES CLOSED.
0800 AM ICE STORM CRANFORD 40.66N 74.30W
02/02/2011 UNION NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
DOWNED TREE AT MILE MARKER 23 ON NJ ROUTE 28.
0905 AM ICE STORM CRANFORD 40.66N 74.30W
02/02/2011 UNION NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
ALL LANES CLOSED ON NJ ROUTE 28 AT ARLINGTON ROAD DUE TO
DOWNED POWERLINES.
0918 AM FLOOD WEST ORANGE 40.79N 74.26W
02/02/2011 ESSEX NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
NJ ROUTE 10 CLOSED DUE FLOODING AT PLEASANT VALLEY WAY.
0923 AM FLOOD YONKERS 40.95N 73.87W
02/02/2011 WESTCHESTER NY BROADCAST MEDIA
1 LANE CLOSED ON SAW MILL RIVER PARKWAY SOUTHBOUND DUE TO
FLOODING.
0946 AM ICE STORM SOUTH HUNTINGTON 40.82N 73.39W
02/02/2011 SUFFOLK NY BROADCAST MEDIA
JERICHO TURNPIKE CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT DIX HILLS
ROAD DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES.
0949 AM FLOOD FORT LEE 40.85N 73.97W
02/02/2011 BERGEN NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
ROUTE 67 SOUTHBOUND AFTER TOM HUNTER ROAD IS CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING.
0950 AM FLOOD SADDLE RIVER 41.03N 74.10W
02/02/2011 BERGEN NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
2 LANES CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ON ROUTE 17 SOUTHBOUND
BEFORE SHERIDAN AVENUE.
0951 AM FLOOD OAKLAND 41.03N 74.24W
02/02/2011 BERGEN NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
RIGHT LANE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ON I-287 SOUTHBOUND
AFTER EXIT 57.
1018 AM FLOOD MONTVILLE 41.44N 72.12W
02/02/2011 NEW LONDON CT TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 163 CLOSED AT WHEELER POND ROAD DUE TO FLOODING.
1018 AM FLOOD MONTVILLE 41.44N 72.12W
02/02/2011 NEW LONDON CT TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 163 AT LYNCH HILL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
1018 AM FLOOD MONTVILLE 41.44N 72.12W
02/02/2011 NEW LONDON CT TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 32 AT CUMBERLAND FARMS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
1018 AM FLOOD MONTVILLE 41.44N 72.12W
02/02/2011 NEW LONDON CT TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 163 AT MOBILE STATION CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
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JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 9:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 78 min |
| Feb 2, 9:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 82 min |
| Feb 2, 11:12 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 4 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:37 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 113 min |
Nearby
Freezing Rain Advisories in New York, 2011Freezing Rain Advisories in New Jersey, 2011Freezing Rain Advisories in Connecticut, 2011Every freezing rain advisory in 2011
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.