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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Albany, NY

March 3, 20124 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 9:15 AM EST for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2012, 9:15 AM EST (14:15 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 9:24 PM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 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 97 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 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 771 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
771 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
766 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.

420 
WWUS71 KALY 031415
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
915 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

NYZ032-033-038-042-082-032215-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0005.120303T1600Z-120304T0400Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN FULTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...
DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD
915 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN
  MOHAWK VALLEY.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

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

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD PROPEL LOOSE OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT
  TIED DOWN...AND MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS. ISOLATED POWER
  OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

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
174 
WWUS71 KALY 032103
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
403 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

NYZ032-033-038-042-082-040400-
/O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120304T0400Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN FULTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...
DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD
403 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN 
  MOHAWK VALLEY. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

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

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD PROPEL LOOSE OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT 
  TIED DOWN...AND MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS. ISOLATED POWER 
  OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$
347 
WWUS71 KALY 040224
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
924 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012


NYZ032-033-038-042-082-040330-
/O.CAN.KALY.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120304T0400Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN FULTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...
DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD
924 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ALTHOUGH WIND GUSTS MAY OCCASIONALLY REACH 30 TO 40 MPH
OVERNIGHT...THE THREAT FOR STRONGER WINDS HAS ENDED.

$$

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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.