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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

December 16, 2007Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this high wind warning at Dec 16, 2007, 10:27 AM EST for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report 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
Dec 16, 2007, 10:27 AM EST (15:27 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2007, 5:03 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Rensselaer County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 16, 3:45 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGBennington, VTTREE DOWN ON TRAILER IN MOBILE HOME PARK ON CHAPEL ROAD

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 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 12:00Z on 2007-12-16Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 551 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
551 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
974 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 161527
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1027 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

MAZ001-NYZ043-054-084-VTZ013-014-170000-
/O.NEW.KALY.HW.W.0002.071216T1527Z-071217T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...WHITEHALL...
GRANVILLE...HOOSICK FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...
CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
1027 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR WASHINGTON AND EASTERN RENSSELAER COUNTIES IN EASTERN
NEW YORK...THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT...AND THE
NORTHERN BERKSHIRES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.

EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS MORNING.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO THIS EVENING. THESE
WIND SPEEDS WILL CAUSE DAMAGE...DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES. 

AREAS MOST PRONE TO EXPERIENCING DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE FAVORED
LOCATIONS WHERE FUNNELING OCCURS...AS WELL AS WITHIN AND UPSTREAM
OF EAST TO WEST ORIENTED GAPS AND HIGH ELEVATION VALLEYS.

A MEASURED WIND GUST OF 54 MPH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BENNINGTON
VERMONT.

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 CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KALY 162203
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
503 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007


MAZ001-NYZ043-054-084-VTZ013-014-162315-
/O.CAN.KALY.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...WHITEHALL...
GRANVILLE...HOOSICK FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...
CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
503 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR WASHINGTON AND EASTERN RENSSELAER COUNTIES OF
NEW YORK...THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT...AND THE
NORTHERN BERKSHIRES. THE STRONG EASTERLY WIND HAS DIMINISHED.

$$

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in New York, 2007High Wind Warnings in Vermont, 2007High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2007Every high wind warning in 2007

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.