Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2012, 3:30 PM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey; 8 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 21, 2012, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2012, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 8:59 PM 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, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
326 WWUS71 KOKX 202030 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 330 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... CTZ007>012-NJZ006-104-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-210430- /O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0009.121221T0900Z-121221T1500Z/ 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- 330 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND LONG ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
552 WWUS71 KOKX 210159 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 859 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... CTZ007>012-NJZ006-104-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-211000- /O.UPG.KOKX.WI.Y.0009.121221T0900Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.HW.W.0004.121221T0900Z-121221T1700Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON- EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 859 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AND LONG ISLAND. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...AND CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. && $$ 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:34 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Hudson | 15 hr |
| Dec 19, 8:07 PM EST | Gale Watch | OKX | 7 hr | |
| Dec 19, 11:52 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 4 hr | |
| Dec 20, 3:23 AM EST | Gale Warning | OKX | 18 hr | |
| Dec 20, 3:34 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Westchester | 5 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.