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Freeze Warning 4, NWS New York, NY

April 22, 20214 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this freeze warning at Apr 22, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It took effect at Apr 23, 2021, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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 22, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2021, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2021, 8:49 AM EDT
In force
8 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, Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1248 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

823 
WWUS71 KOKX 222011
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service New York NY
411 PM EDT Thu Apr 22 2021

CTZ005-006-NJZ002-NYZ067-068-230900-
/O.UPG.KOKX.FZ.A.0004.210423T0500Z-210423T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KOKX.FZ.W.0004.210423T0500Z-210423T1300Z/
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Western Passaic-Orange-
Putnam-
411 PM EDT Thu Apr 22 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Western Passaic County. In Connecticut, 
  Northern Fairfield and Northern New Haven Counties. In New 
  York, Orange and Putnam Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
  sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. 

&&

$$

CTZ007-008-NJZ004-103-NYZ069-070-230900-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FZ.W.0004.210423T0500Z-210423T1300Z/
Northern Middlesex-Northern New London-Eastern Passaic-
Western Bergen-Rockland-Northern Westchester-
411 PM EDT Thu Apr 22 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Eastern Passaic and Western Bergen 
  Counties. In Connecticut, Northern Middlesex and Northern New 
  London Counties. In New York, Rockland and Northern 
  Westchester Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
  sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
539 
WWUS71 KOKX 230838
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service New York NY
438 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-004-103-NYZ067>070-231300-
/O.CON.KOKX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210423T1300Z/
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-
Northern New London-Western Passaic-Eastern Passaic-
Western Bergen-Orange-Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-
438 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast New Jersey, southern Connecticut 
  and southeast New York.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and other
  sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
328 
WWUS71 KOKX 231249
NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service New York NY
849 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-004-103-NYZ067>070-231400-
/O.CAN.KOKX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210423T1300Z/
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-
Northern New London-Western Passaic-Eastern Passaic-
Western Bergen-Orange-Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-
849 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Temperatures have risen above freezing, therefore the Freeze
Warning has been cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 9:40 AM EDTFreeze WatchOKXOrange, Putnam7 hr
Apr 22, 7:38 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX27 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in New York, 2021Freeze Warnings in Connecticut, 2021Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 2021Every freeze warning in 2021

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.