Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2012, 3:41 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 8, 2012, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 3:41 AM EST (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2012, 7:09 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Greene County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445 WWUS71 KALY 080841 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 341 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ047-058-063-VTZ013-014-082200- /O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0006.120308T1700Z-120309T0500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK... WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...BENNINGTON... JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE 341 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD HILLS. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS...RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...AND CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES...AS WELL AS MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
556 WWUS71 KALY 081752 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1252 PM EST THU MAR 8 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ047-058-063-VTZ013-014-090200- /O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120309T0500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK... WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...BENNINGTON... JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE 1252 PM EST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD HILLS. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY PROPEL LOOSE OBJECTS...RESULTING IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THIS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
670 WWUS71 KALY 082122 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 422 PM EST THU MAR 8 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ047-058-063-VTZ013-014-090500- /O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120309T0500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK... WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...BENNINGTON... JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE 422 PM EST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD HILLS. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY PROPEL LOOSE OBJECTS... RESULTING IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$
654 WWUS71 KALY 090009 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 709 PM EST THU MAR 8 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ047-058-063-VTZ013-014-090115- /O.CAN.KALY.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120309T0500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK... WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...BENNINGTON... JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE 709 PM EST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH VALUES LESS THAN 40 MPH. $$
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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.