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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Burlington, VT

March 7, 20124 counties in New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 3:32 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Mar 8, 2012, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2012, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 8, 2012, 11:47 AM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

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

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2012-03-07Temperature 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 2012-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 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.

526 
WWUS71 KBTV 072032
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
332 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012

NYZ026-027-029>031-034-087-080830-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WI.Y.0004.120308T0900Z-120308T1900Z/
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...STAR LAKE...
SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...
OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR
332 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY AND NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS
  IN NORTHERN NEW YORK.

* HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS.

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

* TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ABATE THIS EVENING...THEN
  STRENGTHEN AGAIN BY TOMORROW MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
  HOURS IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION. WINDS
  WILL ABATE BEHIND THE FRONT BY LATE AFTERNOON THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...SCATTERED MINOR TREE AND LIMB DAMAGE POSSIBLE...ALONG
  WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 46 TO 57 MPH 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
2 follow-up statements
034 
WWUS71 KBTV 080856
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
356 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012

NYZ026-027-029>031-034-087-081700-
/O.CON.KBTV.WI.Y.0004.120308T0900Z-120308T1900Z/
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...STAR LAKE...
SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...
OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR
356 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WIND
ADVISORY...UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY AND NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS 
  IN NORTHERN NEW YORK. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS.

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

* TIMING...WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE
  THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...MINOR TREE AND LIMB DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG
  WITH ISOLATED 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.

&&

$$

EVENSON
372 
WWUS71 KBTV 081647
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1147 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012

NYZ026-027-029>031-034-087-081800-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120308T1900Z/
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...STAR LAKE...
SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...
OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR
1147 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY AND THE NORTHERN
ADIRONDACKS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK.

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION

$$

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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.