Alert archive / New Jersey / Wind Chill Warnings in 2015
Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this wind chill warning at Feb 20, 2015, 3:59 AM EST for Passaic County, New Jersey; Orange County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2015, 3:59 AM EST (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2015, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 127 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
604 WWUS41 KOKX 200859 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 359 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING... NJZ002-NYZ067-201500- /O.UPG.KOKX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WC.W.0002.150220T0859Z-150220T1500Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 359 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...AND WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES ZERO TO 5 BELOW...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS COLD TO THOSE VENTURING OUTSIDE INCLUDING PETS AND LIVESTOCK. PROLONGED EXPOSURE WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ CTZ005>008-NYZ068>070-201500- /O.CON.KOKX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 359 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...AND ALL OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 15 TO 24 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS COLD TO THOSE VENTURING OUTSIDE INCLUDING PETS AND LIVESTOCK. PROLONGED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CTZ009>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-201500- /O.CON.KOKX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- 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- 359 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING SUBURBS...LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND MUCH OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 15 TO 23 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES ZERO TO 5 ABOVE...AND WINDS WEST 15 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS COLD TO THOSE VENTURING OUTSIDE INCLUDING PETS AND LIVESTOCK. PROLONGED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
830 WWUS41 KOKX 201453 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... NJZ002-NYZ067-201600- /O.EXP.KOKX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... WIND CHILL VALUES WILL STILL RANGE MOSTLY ZERO TO TEN BELOW ZERO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ CTZ005>008-NYZ068>070-201600- /O.EXP.KOKX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... WIND CHILL VALUES WILL STILL RANGE MOSTLY ZERO TO TEN BELOW ZERO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ CTZ009>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-201600- /O.EXP.KOKX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... WIND CHILL VALUES WILL STILL RANGE MOSTLY ZERO TO TEN BELOW ZERO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 4:20 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Passaic | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:20 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 43 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:58 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 17 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.