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Wind Advisory 2, NWS New York, NY

January 30, 201511 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2015, 4:06 AM EST for 11 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 30, 2015, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2015, 4:06 AM EST (09:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 31, 2015, 10:00 AM EST
In force
18 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, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2015-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2015-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2395 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
551 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.

359 
WWUS71 KOKX 300906
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
406 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY...

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-
302115-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.150130T2100Z-150131T2100Z/
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-
406 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM
EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. 

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER
  LINES...AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
155 
WWUS71 KOKX 302059
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
359 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO
SATURDAY...

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-
310500-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.150130T2100Z-150131T2100Z/
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-
359 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER 
  LINES...AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 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.

&&

$$
926 
WWUS71 KOKX 310403
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1103 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...STRONG WINDS INTO SATURDAY...

CTZ005>008-NYZ067-068-310515-
/O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150131T2100Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-ORANGE-PUTNAM-
1103 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS...THEREFORE
IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

CTZ009>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-078>081-176>179-
311215-
/O.EXT.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150131T1500Z/
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-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-
1103 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER 
  LINES...AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 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.

&&

$$
846 
WWUS71 KOKX 311046
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
546 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...STRONG WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING...

CTZ009>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-078>081-176>179-
311500-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150131T1500Z/
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-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-
546 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER 
  LINES...AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 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.

&&

$$
915 
WWUS71 KOKX 311457
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
957 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

CTZ009>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-078>081-176>179-
311600-
/O.EXP.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150131T1500Z/
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-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-
957 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE INTO THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ARE
STILL EXPECTED TO GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 4:15 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryOKXOrange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester30 hr
Jan 30, 4:17 AM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray AdvisoryOKX38 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New York, 2015Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2015Wind Advisories in Connecticut, 2015Every wind 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.