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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT

March 2, 2012Franklin County, St. Lawrence County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this high wind warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:18 PM EST for Franklin County, St. Lawrence County, New York. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2012, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 9:31 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 3, 12:44 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 60Massena Airport, NY
Mar 3, 1:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGEdwards, NYONE TREE DOWN
Mar 3, 1:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGNorfolk, NYTREE DOWN ON POWER LINES
Mar 3, 1:16 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Massena Airport, NY
Mar 3, 2:41 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGMassena, NYSCATTERED TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES.
Mar 3, 2:45 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGNorfolk, NYROOF BLOWN OFF AN ABANDONED TRAILER

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2012-03-02Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 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.

308 
WWUS71 KBTV 022018
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
318 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

NYZ026-027-087-031000-
/O.UPG.KBTV.HW.A.0001.120303T1700Z-120304T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBTV.HW.W.0002.120303T1500Z-120304T0500Z/
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...OGDENSBURG...
POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR
318 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY OF NEW YORK.

* HAZARDS...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE SATURDAY
  MORNING...PEAKING DURING THE MID-DAY TO EARLY EVENING HOURS...
  BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY...WITH POTENTIAL
  SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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

&&

$$

NYZ029>031-034-031000-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WI.Y.0003.120303T1500Z-120304T0500Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID
318 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...ADIRONDACKS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK.

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE SATURDAY
  MORNING...PEAKING DURING THE MID-DAY TO EARLY EVENING HOURS...
  BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...WITH
  POTENTIAL SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$

NYZ028-035-VTZ001-002-005-009-011-016>019-031000-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WI.Y.0003.120303T1500Z-120304T0500Z/
EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON-WESTERN RUTLAND-
EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...PORT HENRY...
TICONDEROGA...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON...
MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...RUTLAND...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...
UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
318 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY TO INCLUDE THE WESTERN
  SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE SATURDAY
  MORNING...PEAKING DURING THE MID-DAY TO EARLY EVENING HOURS...
  BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...WITH
  POTENTIAL SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
795 
WWUS71 KBTV 030827
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
327 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

NYZ026-027-087-032100-
/O.CON.KBTV.HW.W.0002.120303T1500Z-120304T0500Z/
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...OGDENSBURG...
POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR
327 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE HIGH
WIND WARNING...FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY OF NEW YORK.

* HAZARDS...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS MORNING...
  PEAKING DURING THE MID-DAY TO EARLY EVENING HOURS...BEFORE
  SLOWLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY...WITH 
  POTENTIAL SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

NYZ028>031-034-035-VTZ001-002-005-009-011-016>019-032100-
/O.CON.KBTV.WI.Y.0003.120303T1500Z-120304T0500Z/
EASTERN CLINTON-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON-
WESTERN RUTLAND-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...STAR LAKE...
SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...
PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...
BURLINGTON...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...RUTLAND...ENOSBURG FALLS...
RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...
KILLINGTON
327 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WIND
ADVISORY...FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK AND THE ENTIRE
  CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...INCLUDING THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN
  MOUNTAINS.

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS.

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

* TIMING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS
  MORNING...PEAKING DURING THE MID-DAY TO EARLY EVENING HOURS...
  BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...WITH 
  POTENTIAL SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
535 
WWUS71 KBTV 032011
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
311 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

NYZ035-VTZ001-002-005-009-011-016>019-032115-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120304T0500Z/
EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-
WESTERN ADDISON-WESTERN RUTLAND-EASTERN FRANKLIN-
EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...ALBURGH...
SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...
RUTLAND...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...
RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
311 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT...AND EASTERN ESSEX
COUNTY NEW YORK.

THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS HAS
DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA.

$$

NYZ026-027-087-040230-
/O.CON.KBTV.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120304T0500Z/
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...OGDENSBURG...
POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR
311 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE HIGH
WIND WARNING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY OF NEW YORK.

* HAZARDS...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG AND DAMAGING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY...WITH 
  POTENTIAL SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

NYZ028>031-034-040230-
/O.CON.KBTV.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120304T0500Z/
EASTERN CLINTON-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...STAR LAKE...
SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID
311 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WIND
ADVISORY...UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK AND THE 
  ENTIRE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...INCLUDING THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE 
  GREEN MOUNTAINS. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS.

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

* TIMING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTHWESTERLY WIND
  GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BEFORE SLOWLY
  DIMINISHING TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...WITH 
  POTENTIAL SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
718 
WWUS71 KBTV 040231
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
931 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

NYZ026-027-087-040345-
/O.CAN.KBTV.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120304T0500Z/
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...OGDENSBURG...
POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR
931 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT...BUT WINDS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING
CRITERIA.

$$

NYZ028>031-034-040345-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120304T0500Z/
EASTERN CLINTON-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...STAR LAKE...
SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID
931 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK AND FOR
CLINTON COUNTY NEW YORK.

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT..BUT WINDS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:15 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchBTVFranklin, St. Lawrence12 hr
Mar 2, 3:18 PM ESTWind AdvisoryBTVClinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence30 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in New York, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.