Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Jan 15, 2016, 9:17 PM EST for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jan 16, 2016, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2016, 9:17 PM EST (02:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2016, 6:45 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
County Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
606 WWUS71 KOKX 160217 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 917 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ACCELERATE NORTHEAST PASSING SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND BY SATURDAY MORNING AND EAST OF NEW ENGLAND DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. NYZ079-081-161500- /O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.160116T0900Z-160116T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 917 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...4 AM UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL ON POWER LINES CAUSING ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED OUTAGES. 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. && $$ GC
2 follow-up statements
695 WWUS71 KOKX 160941 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 441 AM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND INTO EARLY THIS MORNING... NYZ079-081-161500- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160116T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 441 AM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL ON POWER LINES CAUSING ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
011 WWUS71 KOKX 161145 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 645 AM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 NYZ079-081-161245- /O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160116T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 645 AM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE LOWERED AND GUST POTENTIAL IS NOW ONLY EXPECTED TO BE 35 TO 40 MPH AT MOST FOR THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 9:23 PM EST | Gale Warning | OKX | 12 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.