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High Wind Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2017, 1:02 PM EST for 9 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2017, 1:02 PM EST (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2017, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 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, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 1:05 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 1 Ene Vernon Valley, NY | |
| Feb 13, 4:15 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Massapequa Park, NY | LEANING UTILITY POLES FROM HIGH WINDS CLOSE SUNRISE HWY WESTBOUND AND SUSPEND LIRR BABYLON LINE SERVICE |
| Feb 13, 5:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Babylon, NY | 22 INCH DIAMETER TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ON GAMECOCK LANE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
572 WWUS71 KOKX 131802 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service New York NY 102 PM EST Mon Feb 13 2017 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY... CTZ005>012-NYZ068-070>075-078>081-176>179-132300- /O.UPG.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170213T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.HW.W.0002.170213T1802Z-170213T2300Z/ Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex- Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven- Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Putnam- 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- 102 PM EST Mon Feb 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a High Wind Warning...which is in effect until 6 PM EST this evening. * Winds...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 60 mph. * Timing...The strongest winds will be through late afternoon. * Impacts...Strong winds may blow down limbs...trees...and power lines. Scattered power outages are expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$ NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067-069-132300- /O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170213T2300Z/ Western Passaic-Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen- Eastern Bergen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union- Eastern Union-Orange-Rockland- 102 PM EST Mon Feb 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * Winds...Northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...The strongest winds will be through late afternoon. * Impacts...Strong winds may blow down limbs...trees...and power lines. Scattered power outages are expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory is issued when sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph... or gusts of 46 to 57 mph...are expected or occurring. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
1 follow-up statement
079 WWUS71 KOKX 132246 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service New York NY 546 PM EST Mon Feb 13 2017 ...Diminishing wind this evening... CTZ005>012-NYZ068-070>075-078>081-176>179-140000- /O.EXP.KOKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170213T2300Z/ Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex- Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven- Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Putnam- 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- 546 PM EST Mon Feb 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... Sustained winds and gusts were diminishing and will continue to diminish this evening as strong low pressure south of Nova Scotia continues to track to the northeast and high pressure builds in from the west. Sustained winds will be below 25 mph with gusts below 40 miles an hour. $$ NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067-069-132345- /O.EXP.KOKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170213T2300Z/ Western Passaic-Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen- Eastern Bergen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union- Eastern Union-Orange-Rockland- 545 PM EST Mon Feb 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... Sustained winds and gusts were diminishing and will continue to diminish this evening as strong low pressure south of Nova Scotia continues to track to the northeast and high pressure builds in from the west. Sustained winds will be below 25 mph with gusts below 35 miles an hour. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:30 AM EST | Low Water Advisory | OKX | 16 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New York, 2017High Wind Warnings in Connecticut, 2017Every high wind warning in 2017
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.