Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2012, 3:56 AM EST for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2012, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2012, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 9:54 AM EST
- In force
- 7 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 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
836 WWUS71 KOKX 110856 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 356 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... NYZ078>081-112100- /O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0001.120112T0800Z-120112T1500Z/ NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 356 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SUFFOLK COUNTY. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
715 WWUS71 KOKX 112037 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 337 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... NYZ078>081-121000- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0001.120112T0800Z-120112T1500Z/ NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 337 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...SUFFOLK COUNTY. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SECURE OR BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
973 WWUS71 KOKX 120838 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 338 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... NYZ078>081-121500- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T1500Z/ NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 338 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SUFFOLK COUNTY. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...EAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...HIGHEST WINDS BETWEEN 400 AM AND 800 AM. * 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. && $$
119 WWUS71 KOKX 121454 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 954 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 NYZ078>081-121600- /O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T1500Z/ NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 954 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:55 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | Orange | 17 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:06 AM EST | Gale Warning | OKX | 32 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:13 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 21 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:13 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk, Westchester | 24 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.