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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Albany, NY

October 19, 2011Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2011, 11:50 AM EDT for Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Oct 19, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 2011, 11:50 AM EDT (15:50 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 19, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 20, 2011, 3:48 AM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

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

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2011-10-19Temperature 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 2011-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 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
1803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 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.

205 
WWUS71 KALY 191550
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1150 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

MAZ001-025-NYZ054-061-VTZ013-014-192200-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0009.111019T1600Z-111020T1000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HOOSICK FALLS...
CHATHAM...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
1150 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY...

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

* LOCATIONS...BENNINGTON AND WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...THE
  BERKSHIRES AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
  MPH POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THE WIND FLOW IS ENHANCED BY THE
  TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND/OR POWER LINES AND LOOSE
  OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
093 
WWUS71 KALY 192004
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
404 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

MAZ001-025-NYZ054-061-VTZ013-014-201000-
/O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111020T1000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HOOSICK FALLS...
CHATHAM...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
404 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...BENNINGTON AND WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...THE 
  BERKSHIRES AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS. 

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 
  MPH POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THE WIND FLOW IS ENHANCED BY THE 
  TERRAIN. 

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND/OR POWER LINES AND 
  LOOSE OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND. 

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.

&&

$$
114 
WWUS71 KALY 200748
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
348 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2011

MAZ001-025-NYZ054-061-VTZ013-014-200900-
/O.CAN.KALY.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111020T1000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HOOSICK FALLS...
CHATHAM...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
348 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN GREEN
MOUNTAINS...THE BERKSHIRES AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS.

$$

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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.