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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Burlington, VT

April 28, 2011Clinton County, Essex County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 9:50 PM EDT for Clinton County, Essex County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2011, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2011, 12:34 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2011-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 270 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

639 
WWUS71 KBTV 290150
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
950 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

NYZ028-031-034-035-290600-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WI.Y.0007.110429T0150Z-110429T0600Z/
EASTERN CLINTON-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...
PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA
950 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FRIDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ADIRONDACKS IN CLINTON AND
  ESSEX COUNTIES IN NEW YORK.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN ABATE.

* IMPACTS...SCATTERED DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES POSSIBLE.

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.

$$

JMG
1 follow-up statement
329 
WWUS71 KBTV 290434
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1234 AM EDT FRI APR 29 2011

NYZ028-031-034-035-290545-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110429T0600Z/
EASTERN CLINTON-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...
PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA
1234 AM EDT FRI APR 29 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ADIRONDACKS IN CLINTON AND
ESSEX COUNTIES IN NEW YORK.

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NEILES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 10:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVSt. Lawrence9 days
Apr 29, 10:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVSt. Lawrence10 days

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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.