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Wind Advisory 2, NWS New York, NY

February 16, 20138 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Essex County, Hudson County, Union County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2013, 3:41 PM EST for 8 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Essex County, Hudson County, Union County, New Jersey. It took effect at Feb 17, 2013, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2013, 3:41 PM EST (20:41 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2013, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 18, 2013, 12:00 AM EST
In force
14 hr
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, 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), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 12:00Z on 2013-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2013-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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.

505 
WWUS71 KOKX 162041
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
341 PM EST SAT FEB 16 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING OVER NEW
YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

CTZ009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-170445-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.130217T1500Z-130218T0500Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-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-
341 PM EST SAT FEB 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...COASTAL
  CONNECTICUT...HUDSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...AND
  EASTERN UNION AND ESSEX COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG...IN ADDITION TO MAKING TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT AT TIMES...COULD BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND SOME TREE
  LIMBS. IN ADDITION...IN AREAS RECEIVING SNOWFALL...THESE WINDS
  COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1 MILE
  AT TIMES.

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
6 follow-up statements
239 
WWUS71 KOKX 170131
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
831 PM EST SAT FEB 16 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING OVER NEW
YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

CTZ009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-170945-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.130217T1500Z-130218T0500Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-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-
831 PM EST SAT FEB 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...COASTAL
  CONNECTICUT...HUDSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...AND
  EASTERN UNION AND ESSEX COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY 
  AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG...IN ADDITION TO MAKING TRAVEL 
  DIFFICULT AT TIMES...COULD BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND SOME TREE 
  LIMBS. IN ADDITION...IN AREAS RECEIVING SNOWFALL...THESE WINDS 
  COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1 
  MILE AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$
778 
WWUS71 KOKX 170915
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
415 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...STRONG WINDS AT THE COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...

CTZ009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-171800-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.130217T1500Z-130218T0500Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-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-
415 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...COASTAL
  CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER...HUDSON...EASTERN UNION AND
  EASTERN ESSEX COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS 
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG...IN ADDITION TO MAKING TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT AT TIMES...COULD BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND SOME TREE
  LIMBS. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING
  VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS RECEIVING SNOWFALL
  THIS MORNING.

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.

&&

$$
815 
WWUS71 KOKX 171530
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1030 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...STRONG WINDS AT THE COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...

CTZ009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-172330-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130218T0500Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-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-
1030 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY AND ADJACENT HIGHLY URBANIZED PORTIONS
  OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...LONG
  ISLAND AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS JUST OVER 45 MPH AT
  TIMES. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND
  LIMBS...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED
  ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES AND FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$
574 
WWUS71 KOKX 172020
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
320 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...STRONG WINDS AT THE COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...

CTZ006-007-180430-
/O.EXA.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130218T0500Z/
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
320 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY AND ADJACENT HIGHLY URBANIZED 
  PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER 
  COUNTY... LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS JUST OVER 45 MPH. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND 
  LIMBS...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED 
  ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES AND FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

CTZ009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-180430-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130218T0500Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-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-
320 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY AND ADJACENT HIGHLY URBANIZED 
  PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER 
  COUNTY... LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS JUST OVER 45 MPH. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND 
  LIMBS...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED 
  ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES AND FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

GOODMAN
837 
WWUS71 KOKX 180033
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
733 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

CTZ006-007-009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-
180500-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130218T0500Z/
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-
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-
733 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY AND ADJACENT HIGHLY URBANIZED PORTIONS
  OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...LONG
  ISLAND AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS NORTHERN MIDDLESEX AND
  NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND 
  LIMBS...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED 
  ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES AND FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$
527 
WWUS71 KOKX 180454
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1154 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

CTZ006-007-009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-
180600-
/O.EXP.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130218T0500Z/
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-
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-
1154 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

WHILE WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 46 MPH OR HIGHER ARE NOT
EXPECTED...THERE WILL STILL BE SOME ISOLATED GUST VALUES THAT HIGH
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 4:19 AM ESTGale WarningOKX56 hr
Feb 16, 4:19 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX24 hr
Feb 16, 3:36 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryOKXSuffolk19 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.