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Wind Advisory 1, NWS New York, NY

February 5, 20117 counties in New York

NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Feb 5, 2011, 9:02 PM EST for 7 counties in New York. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2011, 9:02 PM EST (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2011, 5:00 AM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2011-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
464 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.

435 
WWUS71 KOKX 060202
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
902 PM EST SAT FEB 5 2011

...STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT...

NYZ072>075-078>081-176>179-061000-
/O.CAN.KOKX.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110206T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0001.110206T0202Z-110206T1000Z/
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
902 PM EST SAT FEB 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THE DENSE
FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 


* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY... 
  NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...AND PARTS OF THE LOWER HUDSON 
  VALLEY. 

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS 40 TO
  50 MPH. 

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.

&&

$$

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ069>071-060315-
/O.CAN.KOKX.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110206T0500Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
902 PM EST SAT FEB 5 2011

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG
ADVISORY. 

VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE QUICKLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

$$
1 follow-up statement
102 
WWUS71 KOKX 060954
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
454 AM EST SUN FEB 6 2011


NYZ072>075-078>081-176>179-061100-
/O.EXP.KOKX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110206T1000Z/
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
454 AM EST SUN FEB 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 7:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk37 min
Feb 6, 5:41 AM ESTGale WarningOKX3 hr
Feb 6, 5:41 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX3 hr
Feb 6, 8:45 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.