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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY

February 16, 20064 states

NWS Albany, NY issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2006, 4:24 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 17, 2006, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2006, 4:24 AM EST (09:24 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2006, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 17, 2006, 5:43 PM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 17, 5:25 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGPittstown, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 5:42 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGNorth Greenbush, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 9:10 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 73Fairfield, NY
Feb 17, 9:20 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGMayfield, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN
Feb 17, 9:22 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 60Johnstown, NY
Feb 17, 9:25 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGIndian Lake, NYTREES DOWN.
Feb 17, 9:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGAmsterdam, NYNUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Feb 17, 9:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGGloversville, NYNUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Feb 17, 9:56 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGEdinburg, NYROOF BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME. PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE. NO REPORTS OF INJURIES AT THIS TIME.
Feb 17, 10:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 60New Scotland, NYREPORTED AT THATCHER PARK.
Feb 17, 10:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 61Glens Falls, NY
Feb 17, 10:05 AM ESTHAIL 0.75S Buskirk, NY
Feb 17, 10:05 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 63Glenville, NYAT SCH.
Feb 17, 10:05 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 67Milton Center, NYAT SARATOGA COUNTY AIRPORT.
Feb 17, 10:08 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 71Middleburgh, NY
Feb 17, 10:10 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGLake George, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 17, 10:10 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGQueensbury, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 17, 10:13 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 60Albany, NYTHUNDER OBSERVED AT NWS ALBANY.
Feb 17, 10:13 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 62Waterford, NY
Feb 17, 10:13 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 62Waterford, NY
Feb 17, 10:25 AM ESTHAIL 0.75S Buskirk, NY
Feb 17, 10:29 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGCambridge, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 17, 10:29 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGOld Forge, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 17, 10:30 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGHunter, NYTREE DOWN.
Feb 17, 10:30 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGLexington, NYTREE DOWN.
Feb 17, 10:35 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 66Bennington, VTDDH
Feb 17, 10:37 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGHurley, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN. PORTIONS OF ROUTE 28 CLOSED.
Feb 17, 10:40 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 65Stuyvesant, NY
Feb 17, 10:45 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGClifton Park, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 10:56 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 58North Adams, MA
Feb 17, 10:57 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGWardsboro, VTTREE DOWM.
Feb 17, 11:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGCairo, NYTREES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGFort Edward, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGGreenville Center, NYTREES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGNew Baltimore, NYTREES DOWN
Feb 17, 11:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGSaratoga Springs, NY*** 1 FATAL *** TREE FELL ON TRUCK...KILLING A PERSON.
Feb 17, 11:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGWhitehall, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:03 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGDummerston Center, VTTREES DOWN. PEA SIZE HAIL.
Feb 17, 11:03 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGLebanon Springs, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN
Feb 17, 11:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGHighland, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGMillbrook, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGSaugerties, NYNUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGSchoharie, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGStanfordville, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGWarrensburg, NYTREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:44 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGBethlehem Center, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:45 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGSunderland, VTTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 17, 11:46 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 1432 E Stratton Mountain, VTMEASURED AT STRATTON MOUNTAIN AT ELEVATION OF 3885 FT.
Feb 17, 11:48 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 68Shandaken, NYAT BELLEAYRE SKI AREA.
Feb 17, 12:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGBeacon, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 12:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGPoughkeepsie, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 12:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGWilmington, VTTREES AND WIRES DOWN
Feb 17, 12:07 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGPutney, VTTREES AND WIRES DOWN
Feb 17, 12:23 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGLivingston, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 1:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGEllenville, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 2:10 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGAusterlitz, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 2:29 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGLloyd, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS US HIGHWAY 44 AT CHAPEL HILL RD.
Feb 17, 3:03 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGEast Fishkill, NYTREE DOWN ACROSS RT 52.
Feb 17, 3:30 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGAdams, MATREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Feb 17, 4:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 65Princetown, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 7 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-02-16Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KALY 160924
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
424 AM EST THU FEB 16 2006

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-162200-
/O.UPG.KALY.HW.A.0001.060217T1200Z-060217T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KALY.HW.W.0003.060217T0500Z-060218T0500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...
NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...
HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...
WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...
WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...
KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...
PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...
MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
424 AM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
EST FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW
ENGLAND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH ARCTIC AIR WILL CROSS THE
REGION ON FRIDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES DOWN THE SAINT
LAWRENCE VALLEY. STRONG WINDS FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WILL
INCREASE TO 15 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT...AND
THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY
WITH SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS 60 TO 80
MPH INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH AND FALL
BELOW WARNING CRITERIA ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BY MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A WIDESPREAD HIGH WIND EVENT
WITH AREAS EXPOSED TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS RECEIVING MUCH OF
THEIR DAMAGE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND AREAS EXPOSED TO WEST
AND NORTHWEST WINDS RECEIVING MUCH OF THEIR DAMAGE ALONG AND
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. DOWNED TREES...LARGE TREE LIMBS...POWER
LINES AND UTILITY POLES ARE EXPECTED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL
BE VULNERABLE TO THE WINDS AND SUBJECT TO FLIPPING OVER ESPECIALLY
ON BRIDGES AND ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KALY 161901
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
201 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-171015-
/O.CON.KALY.HW.W.0003.060217T0500Z-060218T0500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...
NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...
HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...
WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...
WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...
KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...
PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...
MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
201 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT.

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 900 AM
AND 100 PM ON FRIDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING DOWN THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE INCREASING LATE
TONIGHT...BUT THROUGH SUNRISE ON FRIDAY...ANY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH OR MORE WILL BE SCATTERED AND LIKELY CONFINED TO HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR JUST AHEAD OF AND
FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATER FRIDAY
MORNING AND EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
OF 60 TO 70 MPH. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY AND
FRIDAY EVENING...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL EXIST
UNTIL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. 

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND
POWER OUTAGES. WITH FRIGID ARCTIC AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAINING THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MAKE SURE
ANY PORTABLE GENERATORS OR BACKUP HEATING SYSTEMS ARE READY FOR
USE IN CASE ELECTRICAL POWER IS LOST FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KALY 170942
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
442 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-171800-
/O.CON.KALY.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060218T0500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...
NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...
HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...
WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...
WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...
KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...
PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...
MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
442 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.
ALSO...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE
MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS
MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40
MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS
EVENING...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL EXIST UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND
POWER OUTAGES. WITH FRIGID ARCTIC AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION
LATE TODAY AND REMAINING THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MAKE SURE ANY
PORTABLE GENERATORS OR BACKUP HEATING SYSTEMS ARE READY FOR USE IN
CASE ELECTRICAL POWER IS LOST FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KALY 171717
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1217 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-180015-
/O.CON.KALY.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060218T0500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...
NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...
HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...
WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...
WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...
KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...
PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...
MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
1217 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS CROSSED THE REGION AND IS WELL TO
OUR EAST. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. WIDESPREAD
DAMAGING WINDS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WITH
MANY REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES AND EVEN SOME
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMED ALONG THE FRONT
WHICH SERVED TO ENHANCE THE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ALONG WITH SOME HAIL. 

VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...OCCASIONALLY BUSTING TO AROUND 60
MPH... WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND
POWER OUTAGES. WITH ARCTIC AIR...NOW MOVING INTO THE REGION LATE
TODAY AND REMAINING THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MAKE SURE ANY PORTABLE
GENERATORS OR BACKUP HEATING SYSTEMS ARE READY FOR USE IN CASE
ELECTRICAL POWER IS LOST FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
000
WWUS71 KALY 172243
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
543 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-172345-
/O.CAN.KALY.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060218T0500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...
NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...
HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...
WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...
WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...
KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...
PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...
MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
543 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH
HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT WILL BE POSSIBLE LOCALLY
AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

$$

WASULA

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 15, 7:34 PM EST, 8 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 7:34 PM EST, 8 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
734 PM EST WED FEB 15 2006

.SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/...
WILL UPDATE GRID AND AFM/PFM PRODUCTS NOW. TEMPERATURES HAVE
FALLEN RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...SO HOURLY GRID TEMPERATURES ARE
RUNNING TOO WARM. DESPITE QUICK DROP...EXPECT PACE OF THE DECLINE
TO SLOW. THEREFORE...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES STILL LOOKING
GOOD. NO CHANGES PLANNED TO ZFP AT THIS TIME.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 410 PM EST WED FEB 15 2006/

SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE...RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR LATEST RECORD
BREAKING WARMUP...WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER THROUGH MUCH
OF THURSDAY. HOWEVER...A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO
SLIDE SOUTH LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW...BUT SHOULD LIFT BACK
NORTH WITH TIME BY LATE IN THE DAY THURSDAY. LOW
PRESSURE...DEVELOPING OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES...WILL TRACK
QUICKLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND SAINT LAWRENCE
VALLEYS...AND DEEPEN. THIS STORM WILL WHIP A POWERFUL COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY.

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...ONCE AGAIN...WE ARE
LOOKING AT YET ANOTHER ACTIVE PERIOD...NOT SO MUCH WITH QPF
AMOUNTS...BUT RAPIDLY CHANGING TEMPERATURES (GOING FROM OUR
UNSEASONABLY MILD...TO SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPS AND WIND CHILLS WE
HAVE SEEN ALL WINTER)...BY THE TIME OUR WEEKEND ROLLS AROUND.

IN THE VERY SHORT TERM ALL IS QUIET...BUT NOT COMPLETELY WITHOUT
ISSUES. A COLD FRONT...PERCHED ALONG THE CANADIAN/US BORDER WILL
ATTEMPT TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST...PROBABLY BLEEDING SOME VERY SHALLOW
MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR INTO OUR SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS BY DAYBREAK. WHERE
IT SLIDES TO IS IMPORTANT...CAUSE NORTH OF IT...A SHORT WAVE RIDING
ALONG THE BOUNDARY...WILL INDUCE ISENTROPIC LIFT...ALLOWING FOR
POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS. FOR TONIGHT...CONFINE THIS
AREA TO OUR SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND ONLY GET CHANCES. EVEN EARLY
TOMORROW...THE GFS SUGGESTS THIS FRONT COULD SLIDE A LITTLE FURTHER
SOUTH...AND LIE DOWN JUST TO THE NORTH OF A DDH/ALB/MSV
LINE...BEFORE VERY SLOWLY LIFTING BACK NORTH BY DAYS END. WILL
CONTINUE IDEA OF SMALL CHANCES OF MOSTLY LIQUID SHOWERS
TOMORROW...FROM THIS LINE NORTHWARD.

THEN...A MUCH DEEPER STORM...TRACKING NORTHEAST AND DEEPENING
THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY...WILL LIKELY PULL THE WARM FRONT TO THE
NORTH OF OUR ENTIRE CWA COME LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.
WHAT THIS STORM LACKS IN MOISTURE (NOT REALLY OPENING THE GULF OF
MEXICO FOR BUSINESS)...IT WILL MAKE UP IN WITH WIND. EVEN THE 12Z
GFS INDICATED A 60KT H8 JET MAKE MOVING OVER OUR REGION BY 12Z
FRIDAY. INITIALLY...A LOT OF THIS WIND WILL LIKELY BLOW OVER THE
TOP HAMMERING THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS ONLY. HOWEVER...BY
MIDDAY...AS A POWERFUL COLD FRONT...TRAILING THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER...WORKS ACROSS OUR CWA...A STRONG LOW LEVEL INVERSION IS
EXPECTED TO ERODE COMPLETELY AWAY...REPLACED BY A STEEP LAPSE
RATE...ABLE TO BRING THIS WIND DOWN TO THE GROUND. HAVE
DECIDED...BASED ON THIS SCENARIO...A VERY STEEP PRESSURE GRADIENT TO
BEGIN WITH...AND INCREDIBLY STEEP THERMAL GRADIENT...TO HOIST A HIGH
WIND WATCH FOR OUR ENTIRE CWA ON FRIDAY. WHILE THE WATCH IS GOOD FOR
THE ENTIRE DAY...DO FEEL THAT DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY
TAKE PLACE IN A NARROW WINDOW OF A FEW HOURS ALONG AND RIGHT
BEHIND THE FRONT IN MOST PLACES....WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS WHICH MIGHT HAVE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS GO LONGER. LATER CREWS
CAN FINESSE THE WATCH IF NEEDED AND OF COURSE MAKE THE CALL ON THE
WARNING IF WHEN (AND IF) THE TIME ARISES.

BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WINTER ROARS BACK ONCE AGAIN. H8 TEMPS ARE
PROJECTED TO DROP FROM ABOUT +5C MIDDAY FRIDAY...TO ABOUT -15C BY
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG DOWNWARD
MOTION AND AN ANTICYLONIC FLOW...SHOULD MITIGATE LAKE EFFECT...AT
LEAST BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS.

MEANWHILE...LOOKS AS IF ANOTHER REINFORCING ARCTIC FRONT IS FORECAST
TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY....DROPPING H8 TEMPS DOWN TO
ABOUT -24C IN ALB THE EARLIER GFS HAD A PRETTY GOOD SHOT OF
MOISTURE WITH THIS FEATURE...NOW THE 12Z HAS BACKED OFF SOMEWHAT.
THE 18Z NAM SHOWS ANY QPF MAINLY CONFINED TO THE ELEVATED TERRAIN.
FOR NOW...DECIDED TO KEEP A CHANCE EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
SATURDAY. IN REALITY...MIGHT ONLY HAVE A 15-30 MIN PERIOD OF A SNOW
BURST...PERHAPS PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN A FEW
LOCALITIES...ALONG WITH MAYBE AN INCH OF SNOW. IMPOSSIBLE TO
PINPOINT THAT LOCATION RIGHT NOW. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WHILE THE
WINDS WILL DROP BELOW DESTRUCTIVE THRESHOLDS...MIGHT BE
ENOUGH...COMBINED WITH THE COLD...TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY CRITERIA. FOR NOW...WE FELT IT WAS TOO EARLY INCLUDE
ANY HEADLINES ABOUT WIND CHILLS...FOCUSING ON THE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
FOR NOW. HAVE MENTIONED IN OUR HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT
(HWO).

WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE COLDER MAV/WARMER METS TONIGHT...HIGHER
THAN ALL VALUES TOMORROW (AT LEAST FROM KALB SOUTH)...AND CLOSER TO
WARMER METS THURSDAY NIGHT. ON FRIDAY...WENT CLOSE TO THE WARMEST
FWC VALUES.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
LOOKS AS IF ANOTHER REINFORCING ARCTIC FRONT IS FORECAST TO SWEEP
ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY....DROPPING H8 TEMPS DOWN TO ABOUT
-24C IN ALB THE EARLIER GFS HAD A PRETTY GOOD SHOT OF MOISTURE WITH
THIS FEATURES...NOW THE 12Z HAS BACKED OFF SOMEWHAT. THE 18Z NAM
SHOWS ANY QPF MAINLY CONFINED TO THE ELEVATED TERRAIN. FOR
NOW...DECIDED TO KEEP A CHANCE EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
SATURDAY. IN REALITY...MIGHT ONLY HAVE A 15-30 MIN PERIOD OF A SNOW
BURST...PERHAPS PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN A FEW
LOCALITIES...ALONG WITH MAYBE AN INCH OF SNOW. IMPOSSIBLE TO
PINPOINT THAT LOCATION RIGHT NOW. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WHILE THE
WINDS WILL DROP BELOW DESTRUCTIVE THRESHOLDS...MIGHT BE
ENOUGH...COMBINED WITH THE COLD...TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY CRITERIA. TOO EARLY TO MENTION FOR NOW.

COLD WEATHER CONTINUES SUNDAY...SLOWLY MODERATING BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK. IT NOW LOOKS AS IF A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURES...RIDING ALONG
THE STALLED OUT ARCTIC FRONT...WELL TO OUR SOUTH...MIGHT AGAIN SLIP
OFF TO OUR SOUTH. HOWEVER...WE CANNOT ENTIRELY CLOSE THE DOOR ON
THESE STORMS...SO KEEP A CHANCE OF SNOW IN...FOR TUESDAY ONLY.

AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 16/1800Z AT KGFL/KALB/KPOU. WARM
ADVECTION PATTERN WILL PRODUCE MAINLY BKN HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS THROUGH
THE PERIOD WITH CLOUD BASES REMAINING AT OR ABOVE 12000 FEET. MVFR
VSBYS POSSIBLE AT KPOU LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS
WILL BECOME LIGHT TONIGHT WITH CLOUDS AT KPOU MAINLY SCT...SO SOME
LIGHT BR POSSIBLE.

HYDROLOGY...MILD AIR ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL
PRODUCE SNOW MELT WITH SMALL DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS IN STREAM FLOWS.
MANY LOCATIONS WILL LOSE ALL SNOW COVER BY THURSDAY NIGHT OR HAVE
VERY LITTLE LEFT...SO ANY RAIN THAT PRECEDES THE ARCTIC FRONT ON
FRIDAY SHOULD NOT BE ENHANCED BY ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT.
MODELS INDICATE RAIN AMOUNTS WELL UNDER AN INCH AS THE FRONT CROSSES
THE REGION...SO NO HYDRO PROBLEMS EXPECTED.

CLIMATE...WELL...WE GOT YET ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TODAY...55 DEGREES
(AT LEAST) WHICH WILL REPLACE THE OLD RECORD OF 54 SET BACK IN 1908.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH DAILY RECORD HIGH TIED OR BROKEN THIS YEAR THUS
FAR SO FAR THIS MONTH...DESPITE OUR RECENT COLD SET BACK...WE ARE
RUNNING ABOUT 7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THUS FAR. ALSO...FOR NOW...WE
ARE ON PACE FOR OUR LEAST SNOWIEST FEB. ON RECORD. OBVIOUSLY THERE
IS STILL A LOT OF TIME TO REVERSE THAT TREND.

&&

.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR CTZ001-013 FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY.
MA...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR MAZ001-025 FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY.
NY...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
     082>084 FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY.
VT...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR VTZ013>015 FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...OKEEFE
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 3:16 PM EST, 13 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
316 PM EST WED FEB 15 2006

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-161200-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
316 PM EST WED FEB 15 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE THE HIGH WIND WATCH STATEMENT FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES LATE NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
SATURDAY NIGHT MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

Nearby

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Sources

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