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Frost Advisory 13, NWS Albany, NY

October 8, 20127 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this frost advisory at Oct 8, 2012, 4:34 AM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at Oct 9, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2012, 4:34 AM EDT (08:34 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 9, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 9, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2012-10-08Temperature 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 2012-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 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
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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.

451 
WWUS71 KALY 080834
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
434 AM EDT MON OCT 8 2012


NYZ032-033-082115-
/O.CAN.KALY.FR.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121008T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KALY.FZ.W.0011.121009T0500Z-121009T1300Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR
434 AM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR
NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. 

THE FROST ADVISORY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO
PERSISTENT CLOUDS WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING MUCH
BELOW 40 DEGREES.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY...TEMPERATURES LOOK TO
DIP TO AROUND FREEZING...COMBINING WITH LITTLE OR NO WIND...TO
PRODUCE EXTENSIVE FROST. 

* TEMPERATURE...29 TO 32 DEGREES F OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

* TIMING...UP TILL 9AM MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DAMAGE
  OR EVEN DESTROY UNPROTECTED PLANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NYZ042-082115-
/O.CAN.KALY.FR.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121008T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KALY.FR.Y.0013.121009T0500Z-121009T1300Z/
NORTHERN WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WARRENSBURG
434 AM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY. 

THE FROST ADVISORY FOR EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE
TO PERSISTENT CLOUDS KEEPING TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING MUCH BELOW
40 DEGREES.

* TEMPERATURE...33 TO 36 DEGREES F OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...UP TILL 9AM MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST WILL 
  DAMAGE UNPROTECTED PLANTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

NYZ038>041-047-058-082-083-082115-
/O.NEW.KALY.FR.Y.0013.121009T0500Z-121009T1300Z/
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
SCHOHARIE-WESTERN GREENE-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...
MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...
AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...COBLESKILL...
MIDDLEBURGH...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...NORTHVILLE...
MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS
434 AM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY...NORTHERN CATSKILLS AND THE LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT
TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...33 TO 36F 

* IMPACTS...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST WILL 
  DAMAGE UNPROTECTED PLANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
971 
WWUS71 KALY 081909
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
309 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

NYZ058-082015-
/O.CAN.KALY.FR.Y.0013.121009T0500Z-121009T1300Z/
WESTERN GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM
309 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE FROST
ADVISORY FOR WESTERN GREENE COUNTY.

ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECT TO DROP INTO THE MID 30S
TONIGHT...EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND A LOW CHANCE OF RAIN WILL
PRECLUDE FROST FORMATION.

$$

NYZ032-033-090315-
/O.CON.KALY.FZ.W.0011.121009T0500Z-121009T1300Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR
309 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS.

* TEMPERATURE...29 TO 32 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD FROST WILL LIKELY
  DAMAGE UNPROTECTED PLANTS AND END THE GROWING SEASON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NYZ038>042-047-082-083-090315-
/O.CON.KALY.FR.Y.0013.121009T0500Z-121009T1300Z/
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-SCHOHARIE-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...
MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...
AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS
309 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE
VALLEY...AND THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION.

* TEMPERATURE...33 TO 36 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST WILL DAMAGE UNPROTECTED PLANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
747 
WWUS71 KALY 090208
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1008 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

NYZ032-033-091015-
/O.CON.KALY.FZ.W.0011.121009T0500Z-121009T1300Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR
1008 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT TUESDAY...

FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS.

* TEMPERATURE...29 TO 32 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY 
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD FROST WILL 
  LIKELY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED PLANTS AND END THE GROWING SEASON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NYZ038>042-047-082-083-091015-
/O.CON.KALY.FR.Y.0013.121009T0500Z-121009T1300Z/
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-SCHOHARIE-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...
MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...
AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS
1008 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT TUESDAY...

FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE
VALLEY...AND THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION.

* TEMPERATURE...33 TO 36 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST WILL DAMAGE UNPROTECTED PLANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
930 
WWUS71 KALY 090823
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
423 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012

NYZ032-033-091300-
/O.CON.KALY.FZ.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121009T1300Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR
423 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. 

* TEMPERATURE...29 TO 32 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD FROST WILL 
  LIKELY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED PLANTS AND END THE GROWING SEASON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NYZ038>042-047-082-083-091300-
/O.CON.KALY.FR.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121009T1300Z/
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-SCHOHARIE-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...
MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...
AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS
423 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY AND THE LAKE GEORGE
  SARATOGA REGION.

* TEMPERATURE...33 TO 36 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST WILL DAMAGE UNPROTECTED PLANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 4:34 AM EDTFreeze WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer28 hr

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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.