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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS New York, NY

February 5, 2018Orange County, Putnam County, New York; Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this winter storm watch at Feb 5, 2018, 3:17 PM EST for Orange County, Putnam County, New York; Passaic County, New Jersey. It took effect at Feb 7, 2018, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2018, 3:17 PM EST (20:17 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 7, 2018, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 6, 2018, 3:33 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

Counties Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 5, 3:16 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:16 PM EST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 4:08 AM EST, 11 hours 9 minutes before

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Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2018 Winter Storm Watches in New Jersey, 2018 Every winter storm watch in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.