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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Albany, NY

April 28, 20114 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 10:20 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 28, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2011, 10:20 AM EDT (14:20 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2011, 5:33 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2011-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 354 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

327 
WWUS71 KALY 281420
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1020 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

NYZ032-033-038>040-082-290000-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0007.110428T1600Z-110429T0000Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN FULTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...
DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD
1020 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY.

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS MAY CAUSE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
  POWER OUTAGES. SECURE LIGHT WEIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS
  GARBAGE CANS.

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
365 
WWUS71 KALY 282133
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
533 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

NYZ032-033-038>040-082-282245-
/O.CAN.KALY.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110429T0000Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN FULTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...
DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD
533 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY.

ALTHOUGH WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
SUNSET...THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN STRONGER WINDS HAS ENDED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton, Montgomery, Schoharie48 min
Apr 27, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer34 min
Apr 27, 11:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery4 hr
Apr 27, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie66 min
Apr 27, 11:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton23 min
Apr 27, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Saratoga, Warren35 min
Apr 28, 12:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington23 min
Apr 28, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington15 min
Apr 28, 3:55 AM EDTTornado WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer50 min
Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDTTornado WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer48 min
Apr 28, 4:58 AM EDTTornado WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer47 min
Apr 28, 5:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer3 hr
Apr 28, 5:32 AM EDTTornado WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer43 min
Apr 28, 5:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schoharie and 1 more45 min
Apr 28, 6:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and 2 more63 min
Apr 28, 6:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie43 min
Apr 28, 7:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie and 1 more47 min
Apr 28, 7:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster51 min
Apr 28, 7:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga, Washington57 min
Apr 28, 7:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYHerkimer4 hr
Apr 28, 8:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Oneida71 hr
Apr 28, 8:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Ulster45 min
Apr 28, 8:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga6 days
Apr 28, 8:24 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer4 hr
Apr 28, 8:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia31 min
Apr 28, 10:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie and 1 more32 min
Apr 28, 10:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Saratoga9 days
Apr 28, 10:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Ulster34 min
Apr 28, 11:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Schenectady, Washington28 min
Apr 28, 12:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer25 hr
Apr 28, 12:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga11 hr
Apr 28, 12:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHamilton, Herkimer18 hr

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