Winter Storm in Connecticut, February 14, 2007

Name: Winter Storm in Connecticut, February 14, 2007
Start: 2007-02-14T01:00
End: 2007-02-14T17:00
Location: Connecticut

February 14, 2007 · NWS OKX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.

As a ridge of high pressure extending from north of the Great Lakes southeast across southern New England moved slowly northeast, a low pressure system developed off the Carolina coast. As this low moved north to northeast just off the mid Atlantic coast, it rapidly intensified during Wednesday morning, February 14. This low moved across eastern Long Island during the early afternoon hours. |These systems produced snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain, strong gusty winds, and minor tidal flooding across the region. |Light snow developed from southwest to northeast early Wednesday morning. By 6 a.m., a mixed bag of snow, sleet, and freezing rain occurred everywhere with temperatures in the lower 20s across southern Connecticut. |As the deepening low moved more to the northeast, cold air was locked in west of the storm track, prompting the issuance of Ice Storm Warnings for Southern Farfield, Southern New Haven, Middlesex, and Northern New London Counties between 10 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Six hour precipitation totals between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. were between 0.50 and 0.75 inches. This fell as mainly plain rain across coastal New London and mainly as a combo of snow, sleet and freezing rain elsewhere.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 13, 10:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 10:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1025 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE TRI-STATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...

.NEAR TERM /TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY/...
COASTAL LOW PRESSURE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS S CAROLINA THIS
EVENING...AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKING EAST THROUGH KENTUCKY BEGINS TO
FILL AS IT RUNS INTO THE APPALACHIANS. MEANWHILE...A NARROW RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM ONTARIO CANADA ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK
AND INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS IS KEEPING THE WIND DIRECTION
FROM THE NORTHEAST...LOCKING IN A SHALLOW POLAR AIRMASS.

EASTERN EDGE OF INITIAL BAND OF FRONTOGENIC FORCING HAS DEVELOPED
LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...BUT AT THE SAME TIME A
STRENGTHENING S/SE MID-LEVEL FLOW HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE 750-850
HPA LEVEL ALREADY RISING TO AROUND OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS
CENTRAL NJ AND INTO COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THIS HAS CAUSED
A TRANSITION OF LIGHT SNOW TO SLEET AND -FZRA IN RESPONSE.

THINK THAT AS THIS INITIAL BAND OF FRONTOGENIC FORCING PASSES NORTH
OF THE REGION BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z AND SOUTHERLY 850 HPA JET
INCREASES THAT PRECIP WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE FROM S TO N
ACCOMPANIED BY A WARMING OF THE THERMAL PROFILE. THIS WILL RESULT IN
MORE FREEZING RAIN AN SLEET THAN ORIGINALLY THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT...(ALREADY BEING SEEN ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NY/NJ
METRO)...CONTINUING TO WORK UP THROUGH NY/NJ METRO AND LI THROUGH
AROUND 04Z...INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND
COASTAL CONNECTICUT THROUGH 06Z...AND THEN POSSIBLY EVEN INTO
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND FAR NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF COASTAL CONN BY AROUND 09Z. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS WILL
BE THE SURFACE BASED COLD LAYER LOCKED IN BY A N/NE FLOW. AS A
RESULT...ANY RAIN THAT FALLS WILL BE FREEZING RAIN UNTIL AROUND
12-13Z ACROSS LONG ISLAND...14Z OR SO NEW YORK CITY AND SOUTHEAST
CONNECTICUT...AND 15-16Z ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT AND THE NORTH AND WEST SUBURBS OF NEW YORK CITY...UNTIL
WHEN WINDS TURN MORE EASTERLY AND BRING WARMER AIR IN OFF THE OCEAN.

THIS EARLIER TRANSITION OF PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL HOLD DOWN SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION FOR THE OVERNIGHT. BUT 1/4
TO 1/2 OF SLEET AND ICE MAY BE MORE OF THE ISSUE...WITH GREATEST
AMOUNTS WORKING INTO NE NEW JERSEY...MANHATTAN...BRONX...SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...AND SW CONNECTICUT.

 PRECIPITATION SHOULD INCREASE FROM SW TO NE IN INTENSITY TOWARDS
DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE FIRST PART OF WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AS AN AREA OF STRONG MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND LIFT MOVES
INTO THE AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE RAPIDLY DEEPENING COASTAL
LOW...WHICH BE OFF THE DELMARVA COAST AT THAT TIME. BANDING WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH A SIGNAL FOR STRONG DEEP LAYERED FRONTOGENETIC
FORCING. HOWEVER...LUCKILY FOR MOST OF THE AREA...THE THERMAL
PROFILE WILL BE WARM ENOUGH TO FIGHT OFF ADDITIONAL COOLING PROVIDED
BY STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION. THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCAL AND URBAN
TYPE FLOODING PROBLEMS...BUT THE LOCATIONS OF RIVER AND STREAM
BASINS ARE ACROSS AREAS THAT SHOULD RECEIVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF
THEIR PRECIPITATION IN A FROZEN FORMAT...SO NOT EXPECT MODERATE
FLOODING PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME.

IN TERMS OF FINAL SNOW AMOUNTS EXPECTING A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
GRADIENT FOR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...STILL LOOKING FOR 10-18 INCHES
ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY WHERE THIS SHOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY
A SNOW EVENT ON TUESDAY AND. REST OF THE REGION I HAVE KNOCKED DOWN
BY AN INCH OR TWO WITH 5-9 ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY TO 2 TO 5 OVER THE NEARBY SUBURBS...BRONX AND
MANHATTAN TO 1 TO 3 ACROSS QUEENS...BROOKLYN AND STATEN ISLAND.
FURTHER EAST...LOOK FOR 3 TO 6 ACROSS NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY
RANGING DOWN TO 1 TO 2 ACROSS MUCH OF LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST
CONNECTICUT AND AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS THE EAST END OF LONG ISLAND.
BUT WILL EAVE CURRENT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES AS IS AS THERE WILL BE
AN ADDED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE COUPLED WITH THESE SNOW AMOUNTS.

NEEDLESS TO SAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IN ANY SCENARIO THAT INVOLVES
SEVERAL P-TYPES AND SUCH A LARGE GRADIENT OF FORECASTED SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE LOW.

FINALLY...ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...EXPECT A STRONG NORTHWEST
FLOW TO DEVELOP. WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...ALONG WITH
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE
CWA...WHERE BUFKIT IS SHOWING (DEPENDING ON MODEL) BETWEEN 50 AND 70
KTS AT 500-700 FEET. THIS WILL OCCUR LATE WED AFTERNOON INTO WED
EVENING AS THE RAPIDLY DEEPENING SFC LOW PULLS NE OF THE REGION.
&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE SYSTEMS IMPACTS (OTHER THAN WIND) WILL BE DONE BY
THURSDAY...WITH COLD AIR BUILDING IN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM
THE WEST...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 20S.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
QUIET WEATHER IN STORE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND THE FIRST
HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW WILL HELP WARM UP TEMPERATURES
SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. TEMPS MAX ARE EXPECTED
TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS
TO AROUND 20. THE NEXT SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE LOCAL AREA IS EXPECTED
TO APPROACH ON SUNDAY...AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS THE COLDER NORTHERN ZONES AND A MIX OF
SNOW AND RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES.  DRY WEATHER RETURNS MONDAY
AND TUESDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...
CIGS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN VFR AND MVFR LAST FEW HOURS AS LIGHT PRECIP
HAS MOVED IN. ACARS PROFILES INDICATE SOME WARMING ALOFT...AND WITH
LIGHT SPOTTY PRECIP...HAVE SEEN A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN. I EXPECT THIS TO PERSIST THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF
THE NIGHT ACROSS AREA TERMINALS EXCEPT KSWF. ATMOSPHERE FINALLY
SATURATES TOWARD 12Z WHEN CEILINGS COME DOWN TO IFR.

AS LOW PRESSURE STARTS TO POSITION ITSELF JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE. EXPECT GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS
AS THE OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES.

BY 12Z...MOST COASTAL TERMINALS WILL CHANGE TO RA/FZRA DEPENDING OF
SURFACE TEMPS. I STILL DO EXPECT SFC TEMPS TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING
WHERE MODERATE RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH BEST FORCING. LOW PRESSURE
PASSES JUST SOUTH AND EAST BY LATE IN THE DAY...AND COLDER AIR WILL
RUSH BACK IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. ANY MIXED PRECIP CHANGES BACK TO
SNOW AFTER 21Z/22Z.

WINDS AFTER 00Z THU WILL GUST WELL INTO THE 30S AND CLOSE TO 40 KTS
AS SNOW WINDS DOWN.

&&

.MARINE...
DIRECT EFFECT OF A COASTAL STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA WATERS TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED TO NEAR SCA ON THE
OCEAN...SO WILL CONTINUE GALE WARNING FOR ALL WATERS
OVERNIGHT...WITH WIND GUSTS ON THE OCEAN WATERS INCREASING AND
REACHING GALE FORCE TONIGHT...SOUND AND HARBOR EARLY WED MORNING.

EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED TONIGHT AS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND HIGH
PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA. THE LOW WILL REACH THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST BY MORNING AND DEVELOP INTO A COASTAL STORM TRACKING UP THE
EAST COAST WHILE INTENSIFYING ON WEDNESDAY.

SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 KT WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 KT
APPEAR LIKELY WED INTO THU...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS WED NIGHT
INTO THU ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW. GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN SOUND AND ALL OCEAN WATERS AT LEAST
THROUGH THU NIGHT AS THE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT BETWEEN THE
DEPARTING LOW AND STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.

SEAS ON THE OCEAN WED AND WED NIGHT WILL GENERALLY RANGE IN THE 10
TO 15 FT RANGE...WHILE BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT ON LI SOUND.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...A LONG EASTERLY FETCH WILL DEVELOP
PUSHING WATER INTO LONG ISLAND SOUND...NEW YORK HARBOR AND THE BACK
BAYS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. THE HEIGHT AND TIMING OF
THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE HELPFUL FOR PREVENTING SIGNIFICANT
COASTAL FLOODING DURING THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. ASTRO TIDES ARE QUITE
LOW RIGHT NOW WITH THE RECENT FIRST QUARTER MOON. THUS WE WILL
REQUIRE 2-3 FT DEPARTURES TO REACH MINOR FLOODING BENCHMARKS...AND 3
TO 4.5 FT TO REACH MODERATE. ALSO THE GREATEST DEPARTURES WILL OCCUR
DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ON WED...WHICH IS
AROUND THE TIME OF ASTRO LOW TIDE. DEPARTURES WILL JUST BE STARTING
TO BUILD UP AT THE EARLY MORNING HIGH TIDE...AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO HAVE SHIFTED OFFSHORE BY THE EVENING HIGH TIDE. TIDAL DEPARTURES
OF 2 TO 2 1/2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED ON LONG ISLAND SOUND
AND 1 TO 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG
ISLAND AND IN NY HARBOR WED MORNING. THEREFORE AT THIS POINT LOOKING
FOR ONLY LOCALLY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DURING THIS EVENT...WITH
WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND HAVING THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL.

WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR LOW WATER PROBLEMS ON THU. WEST
WINDS REMAIN STRONG AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN WHILE MOVING
INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND SOUTHEAST CANADA.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
EXPECT FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF QPF FROM THE STORM TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. MOST OF IT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FROZEN
PRECIPITATION...SO IMPACTS ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL NOT BE
IMMEDIATE. THE EXCEPTION IS OVER EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL SE
CONNECTICUT WHERE THE HEAVIEST QPF IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF
RAIN. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR URBAN AND RURAL FLOODING.

THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF COLD AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES HAS ALLOWED ICE
TO FORM AND THICKEN ACROSS FAR NORTHERN RIVERS AND STREAMS. RIVER
AND STREAMS FLOWS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW THROUGH THIS EVENT.
THE GROUND HAS ALSO BECOME FROZEN ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE ANY
LIQUID FORM PRECIPITATION WE GET WILL RESULT IN RUNOFF. DRY WEATHER
RETURNS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
     CTZ007>012.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
     CTZ007-008-011-012.
     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR CTZ005-006.
NY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
     NYZ071>081.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
     NYZ077>081.
     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR NYZ067>070.
NJ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR NJZ006-
     011.
     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR NJZ002>005.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
     ANZ335-338.
     GALE WARNING FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
     ANZ330.
     GALE WARNING FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
     ANZ350-353-355.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 12:28 AM EST, 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

NYZ067-141200-
ORANGE-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF SNOW EXPECTED BY MORNING. REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM WEDNESDAY. TOTAL
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS
WILL RANGE FROM 8 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST CORNER WITH UP TO A TENTH OF
AN INCH ICE ACCRETION...TO 18 INCHES IN THE FAR NORTHWEST PART OF
THE COUNTY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SNOW REPORTS.

NJZ002-NYZ068-141200-
WESTERN PASSAIC-PUTNAM-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES
OF SLEET AND SNOW AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION
EXPECTED BY MORNING. REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH
4 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW EXPECTED. FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER
OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. REFER
TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SNOW REPORTS.

CTZ005-006-NJZ003>005-NYZ069-070-141200-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-
ESSEX-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT...WITH 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE
ACCRETION EXPECTED BY MORNING. REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH
3 TO 6 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW EXPECTED. FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER
OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. REFER
TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SNOW REPORTS.

CTZ007-008-011-141200-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
SLEET AND SNOW...AND UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCRETION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH
2 TO 3 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW EXPECTED. FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER
OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. REFER
TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM THURSDAY
FOR SUSTAINED EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
POSSIBLE AS A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA
WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AS THE STORM MOVES TO
THE NORTHEAST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND COLDER AIR FLOWS BACK
INTO THE AREA...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EVENING
WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SNOW REPORTS.

CTZ009-010-NJZ006-011-NYZ071>076-141200-
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-HUDSON-UNION-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING AROUND 1 INCH...WITH ICE ACCRETION UP TO
ONE QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW EXPECTED. FROM A TENTH
TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND
THE SOUTH SHORES OF NEW YORK CITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SNOW REPORTS.

CTZ012-NYZ077>081-141200-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING AROUND 1 INCH...WITH ICE ACCRETION UP TO ONE
QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BY THE TIME THE
PRECIPITATION ENDS COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. REFER TO THE
LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM THURSDAY
FOR SUSTAINED EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
POSSIBLE AS A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA
WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AS THE STORM MOVES TO
THE NORTHEAST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND COLDER AIR FLOWS BACK
INTO THE AREA...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EVENING
WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY.

MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SNOW REPORTS.

ANZ350-353-355-141200-
MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-
FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 KT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STORM
WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. REFER TO THE LATEST
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NO SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ330-141200-
LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KT EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STORM WARNINGS MAY
BE NEEDED ON THE EASTERN SOUND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. REFER TO THE
LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANZ335-141200-
LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KT EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STORM WARNINGS MAY
BE NEEDED ON THE EASTERN SOUND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. REFER TO THE
LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANZ338-141200-
NEW YORK HARBOR-
1228 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KT EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
GALE WARNINGS MAYBE NEEDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. REFER TO
THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NO SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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Event by event

2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Southern Fairfield

When: February 14, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Southern Fairfield forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.285, -73.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Light snow began early Wednesday morning on Feb. 14, mixing with freezing rain at times. A mixture of heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain developed by mid morning and continued through mid afternoon before ending as some light snow. The accumulation of 2 to 3 inches of snow and ice caused major mass transit problems.

Winter Storm, Southern New Haven

When: February 14, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Southern New Haven forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.443, -72.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Connecticut in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Connecticut, February 2007

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 18887, 18888.