Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2016, 3:50 AM EST for 8 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2016, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2016, 3:55 AM EST
- In force
- 10 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, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 497 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 876 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
022 WWUS71 KOKX 240850 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 350 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TONIGHT... CTZ009>012-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-241700- /O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0003.160224T2300Z-160225T0900Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-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- 350 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A FEW TREE LIMBS DOWNED. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
253 WWUS71 KOKX 241615 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1115 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TONIGHT... CTZ009>012-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-250015- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0003.160224T2300Z-160225T0900Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1115 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A FEW TREE LIMBS DOWNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
255 WWUS71 KOKX 242050 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 350 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TONIGHT... CTZ005>008-NYZ070-250900- /O.EXA.KOKX.WI.Y.0003.160224T2300Z-160225T0900Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 350 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A FEW TREE LIMBS DOWNED. 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. && $$ CTZ009>012-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-250900- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0003.160224T2300Z-160225T0900Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 350 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A FEW TREE LIMBS DOWNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
908 WWUS71 KOKX 250855 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 355 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 CTZ005>012-NYZ070>075-078>081-176>179-251000- /O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160225T0900Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-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- 355 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 10:54 PM EST | Gale Watch | OKX | 5 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:56 AM EST | Gale Warning | OKX | 60 hr | |
| Feb 24, 6:06 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Nassau | 16 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:59 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 16 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.