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Wind Advisory 5, NWS New York, NY

April 7, 20164 counties in New York

NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2016, 3:54 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2016, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2016, 7:53 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 383 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
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
451 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

156 
WWUS71 KOKX 070754
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
354 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY ACROSS LONG ISLAND...

NYZ075-078>081-176>179-071600-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0005.160407T1500Z-160408T0000Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
354 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...MINOR DAMAGE PROPERTY DAMAGE...AS WELL AS SOME DOWNED
  LIMBS AND WEAKENED TREES...IS POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

JMC
4 follow-up statements
763 
WWUS71 KOKX 070755 CCA
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
355 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY ACROSS LONG ISLAND...

NYZ075-078>081-176>179-072000-
/O.COR.KOKX.WI.Y.0005.160407T1500Z-160408T0000Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
355 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AS WELL AS SOME DOWNED LIMBS
  AND WEAKENED TREES...IS POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

JMC
993 
WWUS71 KOKX 071917
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
317 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS LONG ISLAND THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NYZ075-078>081-176>179-080000-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
317 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016

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

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AS WELL AS SOME DOWNED LIMBS 
  AND WEAKENED TREES...IS POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

MPS
495 
WWUS71 KOKX 072120
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
520 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

NYZ075-078-080-176>179-072230-
/O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
520 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING...SO
THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NYZ079-081-080000-
/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
520 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016

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

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AS WELL AS SOME DOWNED LIMBS 
  AND WEAKENED TREES...IS POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$
446 
WWUS71 KOKX 072353
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
753 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016

NYZ079-081-080100-
/O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
753 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE...SO THE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 3:54 AM EDTGale WarningOKX16 hr
Apr 7, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange42 min
Apr 7, 3:22 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKXKings, Nassau, Queens, Westchester7 hr
Apr 7, 5:39 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX60 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.