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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Albany, NY

March 10, 20116 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2011, 3:52 PM EST for 6 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It took effect at Mar 10, 2011, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2011, 3:52 PM EST (20:52 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2011, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 11, 2011, 4:06 AM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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 12:00Z on 2011-03-10Temperature 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 2011-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 399 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
805 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.

331 
WWUS71 KALY 102052
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
352 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-054-058-061-063-VTZ013-014-111100-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0003.110310T2300Z-110311T1100Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...
BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...
OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...
WINDHAM...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...
WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...BENNINGTON...
JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
352 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
  CATSKILLS...AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS IN NEW
  YORK...SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT...AND THE
  BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SOME DOWNED TREES LIMBS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER
  OUTAGES. SECURE LIGHT WEIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS GARBAGE
  CANS. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILES VEHICLES...
  ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR
WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
206 
WWUS71 KALY 110906
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
406 AM EST FRI MAR 11 2011


MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-054-058-061-063-VTZ013-014-111015-
/O.CAN.KALY.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110311T1100Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...
BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...
OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...
WINDHAM...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...
WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...BENNINGTON...
JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
406 AM EST FRI MAR 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS
IN NEW YORK...THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT...AND THE
BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DECREASING ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...SO
THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THIS REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE REST OF
THE MORNING.

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.