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Wind Advisory 4, NWS New York, NY

March 18, 2015Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2015, 11:51 AM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2015, 11:51 AM EDT (15:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2015, 7:05 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 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, 3.9 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 2015-03-18Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2015-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
124 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 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.

432 
WWUS71 KOKX 181551
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1151 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2015

CTZ006>008-010>012-NYZ079-081-190000-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0004.150318T1551Z-150319T0000Z/
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
1151 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATION...MUCH OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

* IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN SOME TREE
  BRANCHES OR WIRES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
274 
WWUS71 KOKX 181917
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
317 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2015

CTZ006>008-010>012-NYZ079-081-190000-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150319T0000Z/
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
317 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...MUCH OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN LONG 
  ISLAND.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

* IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN SOME TREE 
  BRANCHES OR WIRES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
888 
WWUS71 KOKX 182305
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
705 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2015

CTZ006>008-010>012-NYZ079-081-190015-
/O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150319T0000Z/
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
705 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE BREEZY EARLY TONIGHT...WIND GUSTS HAVE
DIMINISHED BELOW 45 MPH.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 3:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX18 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.