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Wind Advisory 10, NWS New York, NY

April 16, 20115 counties in New Jersey; 8 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2011, 3:34 AM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; 8 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 16, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2011, 3:34 AM EDT (07:34 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 17, 2011, 3:21 AM EDT
In force
8 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, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2011-04-16Temperature 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 2011-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -97 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
1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 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.

338 
WWUS71 KOKX 160734
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
334 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING NEAR THE COAST THIS EVENING...

CTZ009>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-
162200-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.110416T2300Z-110417T0500Z/
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-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
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-
334 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EDT
SUNDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...NORTHEAST NEW
  JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

MPS
3 follow-up statements
311 
WWUS71 KOKX 162022
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
422 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...COASTAL
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER
COUNTY...

CTZ009-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-176>179-170600-
/O.EXT.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.110416T2300Z-110417T0600Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN NASSAU-
422 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHWESTERN
  COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND NASSAU AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING MID TO LATE
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES ARE 
  POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

CTZ010>012-NYZ078>081-170930-
/O.EXT.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.110416T2300Z-110417T1000Z/
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
422 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL CONNECTICUT AND SUFFOLK COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS
  EVENING INTO EARLY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES ARE 
  POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

MALOIT
496 
WWUS71 KOKX 170557
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
157 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FOR SOUTHEAST
COASTAL CONNECTICUT AND SUFFOLK COUNTY ON LONG ISLAND...

CTZ009-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-176>179-170700-
/O.EXP.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110417T0600Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN NASSAU-
157 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

CTZ010>012-NYZ078>081-171000-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110417T1000Z/
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
157 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL CONNECTICUT AND SUFFOLK 
  COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$
967 
WWUS71 KOKX 170721
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
321 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

CTZ010>012-NYZ078>081-170830-
/O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110417T1000Z/
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
321 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 50 MPH.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 3:37 AM EDTFlood WatchOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union24 hr
Apr 16, 4:09 AM EDTCoastal Flood WarningOKXEssex, Hudson, Union20 hr
Apr 16, 7:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union78 min
Apr 16, 5:24 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk7 hr
Apr 16, 5:24 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryOKXKings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk19 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New York, 2011Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2011Wind Advisories in Connecticut, 2011Every wind 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.