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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Burlington, VT

March 4, 20114 counties in Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2011, 3:55 AM EST for 4 counties in Vermont. It took effect at Mar 4, 2011, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2011, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 4, 2011, 3:46 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2011-03-04Temperature 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 2011-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
2504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

479 
WWUS71 KBTV 040855
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
355 AM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

VTZ001-002-005-009-042100-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WI.Y.0002.110305T0000Z-110305T1500Z/
GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...
BURLINGTON...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES
355 AM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST
SATURDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY IN VERMONT...ESPECIALLY
  CLOSEST TO THE LAKE.

* HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOCALIZED
  POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ISOLATED DAMAGE TO TREE BRANCHES AND POWER
  LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

NEILES
1 follow-up statement
784 
WWUS71 KBTV 042046
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
346 PM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

VTZ001-002-005-009-042200-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WI.Y.0002.110305T0000Z-110305T1500Z/
GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...
BURLINGTON...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES
346 PM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE VERMONT SIDE OF THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY.

ALTHOUGH SOME GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING WITH THE APPROACH OF THE COLD FRONT...THEY WILL REMAIN
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

JN

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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.