Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 15, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2011, 3:49 AM EST for 5 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 27, 2011, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2011, 3:49 AM EST (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 27, 2011, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2011, 10:52 PM EST
- In force
- 5 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, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
324 WWUS71 KOKX 270849 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 349 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... CTZ009>012-NYZ074-075-078>081-176>179-272200- /O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0015.111227T2300Z-111228T0600Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 349 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...LONG ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF NEW YORK CITY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SECURE OR BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
704 WWUS71 KOKX 271432 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 932 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... CTZ009>012-NYZ074-075-078>081-176>179-280345- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0015.111227T2300Z-111228T0600Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 932 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...LONG ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF NEW YORK CITY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SECURE OR BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
117 WWUS71 KOKX 271720 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1220 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... CTZ009>012-NYZ074-075-078>081-176>179-280600- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0015.111227T2300Z-111228T0600Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1220 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...LONG ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF NEW YORK CITY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SECURE OR BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. && $$
552 WWUS71 KOKX 271932 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 232 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS EVENING... CTZ009>012-NYZ074-075-078>081-176>179-280600- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0015.111227T2300Z-111228T0600Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 232 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...LONG ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF NEW YORK CITY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SECURE OR BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
765 WWUS71 KOKX 280352 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1052 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 CTZ009>012-NYZ074-075-078>081-176>179-280500- /O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111228T0600Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1052 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE REGION. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 3:53 AM EST | Gale Warning | OKX | 49 hr |
Nearby
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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.