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Wind Advisory 5, NWS New York, NY

February 28, 2011Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2011, 4:03 AM EST for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Feb 28, 2011, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2011, 4:03 AM EST (09:03 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2011, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 28, 2011, 4:09 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

County Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2011-02-28Temperature 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 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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.

525 
WWUS71 KOKX 280903
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
403 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM AROUND MIDDAY INTO EARLY EVENING...


NYZ079-081-282215-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0005.110228T1600Z-110301T0000Z/
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
403 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...STRONG...GUSTY WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE DURING MID TO LATE
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS CAN BRING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS...AND
  POSSIBLY POWER LINES. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN...A FEW
  TREES ALSO MAY BE BROUGHT DOWN. USE CAUTION WHILE
  DRIVING...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

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
1 follow-up statement
713 
WWUS71 KOKX 282109
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
409 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

.GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

NYZ079-081-282215-
/O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
409 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE GUSTY INTO THIS EVENING...GUSTS SHOULD
REMAIN BELOW THE ADVISORY CRITERIA THRESHOLD. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 9:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementOKXPutnam, Rockland, Westchester33 min
Feb 28, 10:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk48 min
Feb 28, 12:02 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningOKXOrange, Ulster6 hr
Feb 28, 6:18 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXOrange6 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.