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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS New York, NY

January 31, 201111 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this winter storm watch at Jan 31, 2011, 3:43 AM EST for 11 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 31, 2011, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 1, 2011, 5:05 AM EST
In force
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, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 31, 3:26 AM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 3:26 AM EST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 5:23 PM EST, 10 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 31, 4:57 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more	18 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2011 Winter Storm Watches in New Jersey, 2011 Winter Storm Watches in Connecticut, 2011 Every winter storm watch 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.