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Freezing Rain Advisory 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this freezing rain advisory at Jan 18, 2015, 5:11 PM EST for Orange County, Putnam County, New York; Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2015, 5:11 PM EST (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2015, 8:31 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Jan 18, 4:21 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 4:21 PM EST, 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 4:32 PM EST, 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 432 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015 CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-192145- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX- EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-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- 432 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ345-192145- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- 432 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-335-340-350-353-355-192145- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 432 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ338-192145- NEW YORK HARBOR- 432 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 18, 4:26 PM EST, 45 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
446 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN NEW HAVEN 41.31N 72.92W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH NEW HAVEN CT PRINT MEDIA
*** 1 FATAL *** FEMALE MOTORIST STRUCK A UTILITY POLE
ON NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS.
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DSLocal storm report, Jan 18, 4:56 PM EST, 15 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jan 18, 5:07 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
507 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0451 PM FREEZING RAIN PORT JERVIS 41.38N 74.69W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH ORANGE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
JEEP RAN OFF INTERSTATE 84 NEAR EXIT 1 INTO DELAWARE
RIVER DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS.
&&
DSLocal storm report, Jan 18, 5:09 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
509 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM FREEZING RAIN FAIR LAWN 40.94N 74.12W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN AREA OF VIRGINIA AVE
CLOSING RT 208 DUE TO ICY ROADS.
0745 AM FREEZING RAIN BRONX 40.85N 73.87W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH BRONX NY EMERGENCY MNGR
20 CAR MULTI VECHILE ACCIDENT WITH ENTRAPMENT DUE TO
ICING
0758 AM FREEZING RAIN MANHATTAN 40.78N 73.97W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH NEW YORK NY TRAINED SPOTTER
STREETS WERE A SHEET OF ICE BETWEEN MADISON AND 96TH ST
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN PARAMUS 40.95N 74.07W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL CARS SPUN OUT IN AREA OF RT 4 AND RT 17. ROAD
CLOSURE UNDERWAY DUE TO ICY ROADS.
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN NEW HAVEN 41.31N 72.92W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH NEW HAVEN CT PRINT MEDIA
*** 1 FATAL *** FEMALE MOTORIST STRUCK A UTILITY POLE
ON NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS.
0804 AM FREEZING RAIN RICHMOND 40.57N 74.13W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH RICHMOND NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
BOTH DIRECTIONS OF OUTERBRIDGE CROSSING HAVE ALL LANES
BLOCKED DUE TO ICING
0815 AM FREEZING RAIN RIDGEWOOD 40.98N 74.11W
01/18/2015 M0.10 INCH BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ICE ACCRETION RANGED 0.05 TO 0.10 ON ALL SURFACES.
NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND FALLS. NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSING DUE
TO ICY CONDITIONS.
0821 AM FREEZING RAIN SMITHTOWN 40.86N 73.21W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH SUFFOLK NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
NY 25 EW AREA OF OLD WILLETS PATH... ALL LANES CLOSED
DUE TO ICING
0827 AM FREEZING RAIN MELVILLE 40.78N 73.41W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH SUFFOLK NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY EXIT 40... RT 110... TO VETS
HIGHWAY... ALL LANES CLOSED DUE TO ICING
0830 AM FREEZING RAIN SOUND BEACH 40.96N 72.97W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH SUFFOLK NY PUBLIC
ROADS WERE A SHEET OF ICE IN SOUND BEACH AND PORT JEFF.
0831 AM FREEZING RAIN BAYONNE 40.66N 74.11W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH HUDSON NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
GOETHALS... AND BAYONNE BRIDGES CLOSED
0845 AM FREEZING RAIN SHIRLEY 40.80N 72.87W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH SUFFOLK NY NWS EMPLOYEE
3 CAR ACCIDENT DUE TO ICING ON WILLIAM FLOYD PARKWAY
JUST SOUTH OF BNL... CLOSING THE ROAD WITHIN THE
VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT
0845 AM FREEZING RAIN WANTAGH 40.67N 73.51W
01/18/2015 M0.02 INCH NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER
A FEW HUNDRETHS OF AN INCE OF ICE ACRETION.
0856 AM FREEZING RAIN LEONIA 40.86N 73.99W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH BERGEN NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
ICING CAUSED A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS ON THE NJ TURNPIKE
IN THE LEONIA AREA THAT INVOLVED UP TO 38 CARS.
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN BRIDGEPORT 41.19N 73.20W
01/18/2015 E0.01 INCH FAIRFIELD CT CO-OP OBSERVER
REPORTED ICY ROADS IN THE LOCAL AREA OF SUCCESS HILL
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN YORKTOWN 41.30N 73.81W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH WESTCHESTER NY PRINT MEDIA
*** 5 INJ *** VEHICLE ROLLOVER ACCIDENT DUE TO ICY
CONDITIONS ON NORTHBOUND TACONIC STATE PARKWAY AT ROUTE
202 EXIT
0940 AM FREEZING RAIN NEW LONDON 41.35N 72.10W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH NEW LONDON CT PRINT MEDIA
*** 11 INJ *** 22 VEHICLES INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ON
INTERSTATE 95 SOUTHBOUND EXIT 83 OFF RAMP.
0945 AM FREEZING RAIN NORWALK 41.09N 73.42W
01/18/2015 M0.10 INCH FAIRFIELD CT PUBLIC
PUBLIC
1012 AM FREEZING RAIN NEW CITY 41.15N 73.99W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH ROCKLAND NY PUBLIC
WEST CLARKSTOWN ROAD WAS A SHEET OF ICE
1115 AM FREEZING RAIN HARRISON 40.74N 74.15W
01/18/2015 M0.20 INCH HUDSON NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
0100 PM FREEZING RAIN MONTGOMERY AIRPORT 41.51N 74.26W
01/18/2015 M0.12 INCH ORANGE NY ASOS
ASOS
0100 PM FREEZING RAIN DANBURY AIRPORT 41.37N 73.48W
01/18/2015 M0.17 INCH FAIRFIELD CT ASOS
ASOS
0100 PM FREEZING RAIN MERIDEN 41.54N 72.80W
01/18/2015 M0.07 INCH NEW HAVEN CT ASOS
ASOS
0100 PM FREEZING RAIN SOMERS 41.33N 73.69W
01/18/2015 M0.10 INCH WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER
0430 PM FREEZING RAIN CORNWALL ON HUDSON 41.44N 74.02W
01/18/2015 M0.10 INCH ORANGE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER
0451 PM FREEZING RAIN PORT JERVIS 41.38N 74.69W
01/18/2015 U0.00 INCH ORANGE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
JEEP RAN OFF INTERSTATE 84 NEAR EXIT 1 INTO DELAWARE
RIVER DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS.
&&
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 12:35 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 115 min |
| Jan 18, 12:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 2 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:05 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:13 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 2 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 119 min | |
| Jan 18, 3:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | OKX | New York | 54 min |
| Jan 18, 3:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 81 min |
| Jan 18, 3:51 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 114 min |
| Jan 18, 4:25 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 18, 5:21 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 99 min | |
| Jan 18, 5:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 113 min | |
| Jan 18, 5:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Jan 18, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 44 min |
| Jan 18, 6:37 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 113 min | |
| Jan 18, 6:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 61 min | |
| Jan 18, 12:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 2 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:06 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex | 54 min |
| Jan 18, 2:01 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 5:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 2 hr |
Nearby
Freezing Rain Advisories in New York, 2015Freezing Rain Advisories in New Jersey, 2015Every freezing rain advisory in 2015
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.