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Freeze Warning 3, NWS New York, NY

April 21, 20205 counties in New York; 4 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this freeze warning at Apr 21, 2020, 3:29 AM EDT for 5 counties in New York; 4 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 22, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2020, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 22, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 22, 2020, 8:42 AM EDT
In force: 9 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, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 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 freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 21, 2:31 AM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 2:31 AM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 8:23 PM EDT, 7 hours 6 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
Apr 21, 12:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	50 min
Apr 21, 12:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		47 min
Apr 21, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens	40 min
Apr 21, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Orange, Rockland, Westchester	50 min
Apr 21, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		53 min
Apr 21, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Westchester	48 min
Apr 21, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Putnam	44 min
Apr 21, 2:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Bronx, Nassau, New York, Westchester	27 min
Apr 21, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		24 min
Apr 21, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Westchester	35 min
Apr 21, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk	49 min
Apr 21, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		46 min
Apr 21, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		45 min
Apr 21, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		39 min
Apr 21, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Suffolk	50 min
Apr 21, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		45 min
Apr 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Suffolk	49 min
Apr 21, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		42 min
Apr 21, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		39 min
Apr 21, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Suffolk	50 min
Apr 21, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	OKX		61 min
Apr 21, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union	34 min
Apr 21, 9:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		45 min
Apr 21, 9:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		43 min
Apr 21, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		38 min
Apr 21, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		30 min
Apr 21, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	50 min
Apr 21, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	52 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in New York, 2020 Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 2020 Freeze Warnings in Connecticut, 2020 Every freeze warning in 2020

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.