Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 10, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2012, 8:59 PM EST for 4 counties in New York; 4 counties in New Jersey; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 21, 2012, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2012, 8:59 PM EST (01:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
552 WWUS71 KOKX 210159 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 859 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... CTZ007>012-NJZ006-104-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-211000- /O.UPG.KOKX.WI.Y.0009.121221T0900Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.HW.W.0004.121221T0900Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON- EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-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- 859 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AND LONG ISLAND. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...AND CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. && $$ CTZ005-006-NJZ002-004-103-105-107-NYZ067>070-211000- /O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.121221T0900Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 859 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
080 WWUS71 KOKX 210834 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 334 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING... CTZ007>012-NJZ006-104-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-211700- /O.CON.KOKX.HW.W.0004.121221T0900Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON- EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-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 EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AND LONG ISLAND. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...SHIFTING SOUTHWEST BY LATE THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AFTER SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...AND CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. && $$ CTZ005-006-NJZ002-004-103-105-107-NYZ067>070-211700- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.121221T0900Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 334 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 55 MPH...SHIFTING SOUTHWEST BY LATE THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AFTER SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. && $$
459 WWUS71 KOKX 211526 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1026 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS STILL OVER EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT LATE THIS MORNING... CTZ009-NJZ006-104-106-108-NYZ071>075-078-080-176>179-211630- /O.CAN.KOKX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T1700Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-HUDSON-EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX- EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1026 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE COLD FRONT HAS PASSED...ENDING THE THREAT OF WIND GUSTS UP TO OR OVER 60 MPH. $$ CTZ005-NJZ002-004-103-105-107-NYZ067>070-211630- /O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 1026 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE COLD FRONT HAS PASSED...ENDING THE THREAT OF WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. $$ CTZ007-008-010>012-NYZ079-081-211700- /O.CON.KOKX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1026 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT EAST OF BRIDGEPORT...AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH... SHIFTING SOUTHWEST BY MIDDAY. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...AND CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. && $$ CTZ006-211700- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- 1026 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 55 MPH... SHIFTING SOUTHWEST BEFORE MIDDAY. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. && $$ GOODMAN
664 WWUS71 KOKX 211645 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1145 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS STILL OCCURRING OVER FAR SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... CTZ007-010-011-NYZ079-081-211745- /O.CAN.KOKX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1145 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH...AND BROUGHT AN END TO THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS UP TO OR OVER 60 MPH. $$ CTZ006-211745- /O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- 1145 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH...AND BROUGHT AN END TO THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS OVER 45 MPH. $$ CTZ008-012-211800- /O.EXT.KOKX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T1800Z/ NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 1145 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 1 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...AND CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. && $$ GOODMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 8:05 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Westchester | 11 hr |
| Dec 20, 8:59 PM EST | High Wind Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Dec 20, 9:01 PM EST | Storm Warning | OKX | 15 hr | |
| Dec 21, 6:33 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Rockland, Westchester | 117 min |
| Dec 21, 6:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Westchester | 111 min |
| Dec 21, 8:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Rockland | 91 min |
| Dec 21, 8:39 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 81 min |
| Dec 21, 9:22 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 2 hr |
| Dec 21, 11:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland | 118 min |
| Dec 21, 11:55 AM EST | Gale Warning | OKX | 40 hr | |
| Dec 21, 11:55 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 16 hr | |
| Dec 21, 12:05 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 27 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.