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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS New York, NY

March 11, 2018Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this winter storm watch at Mar 11, 2018, 4:02 AM EDT for Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 12, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2018, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2018, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
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, Nassau County, NY, Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 Mar 11, 12:45 AM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 12:45 AM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 4:04 AM EDT	Gale Watch	OKX		23 hr
Mar 11, 7:44 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		66 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Connecticut, 2018 Winter Storm Watches in New York, 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.