Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 4, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2017, 12:52 PM EST for 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut; 11 counties in New York. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2017, 12:52 PM EST (17:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2017, 5:32 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, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 112 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
741 WWUS71 KOKX 021752 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service New York NY 1252 PM EST Thu Mar 2 2017 ...Strong Wind Gusts through this Afternoon... ...Enhanced Threat for Brush Fire Spread through this Afternoon... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 022300- /O.CAN.KOKX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170302T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WI.Y.0004.170302T1752Z-170302T2300Z/ Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex- Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven- Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Western Passaic- Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen- Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange- Putnam-Rockland-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- 1252 PM EST Thu Mar 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 6 PM EST this evening. The High Wind Warning has been cancelled. * Winds...Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...through 6 pm. * Impacts...Strong winds may knock down some tree limbs and power lines...causing scattered power outages. Additionally...recent dry conditions and low relative humidity values combined with the winds will result in an enhanced threat for brush fire spread through the afternoon. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
663 WWUS71 KOKX 022232 NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service New York NY 532 PM EST Thu Mar 2 2017 ...Decreasing Winds this Evening... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 022345- /O.CAN.KOKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170302T2300Z/ Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex- Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven- Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Western Passaic- Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen- Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange- Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-Southern Westchester- New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)- Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwestern Suffolk-Northeastern Suffolk- Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-Northern Queens- Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 532 PM EST Thu Mar 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have fallen below advisory criteria, and will further diminish through the evening hours. The Wind Advisory has therefore been cancelled. $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:14 AM EST | High Wind Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 10 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:19 AM EST | Storm Warning | OKX | 8 hr | |
| Mar 2, 3:34 PM EST | Gale Watch | OKX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 2, 5:29 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 25 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.