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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Albany, NY

April 8, 2014Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 8, 2014, 1:38 AM EDT for Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2014, 1:38 AM EDT (05:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2014, 6:03 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Rensselaer County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2014-04-08Temperature 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 2014-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
626 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.

833 
WWUS71 KALY 080538
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
138 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2014

MAZ001-NYZ054-084-VTZ013-014-081100-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0002.140408T0538Z-140408T1100Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
HOOSICK FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
138 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...BENNINGTON AND WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN
  VERMONT...THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES...AND NORTHERN TACONICS.

* HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL SUNRISE.

* IMPACTS...SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
1 follow-up statement
759 
WWUS71 KALY 081003
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
603 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2014

MAZ001-NYZ054-084-VTZ013-014-081115-
/O.CAN.KALY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140408T1100Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
HOOSICK FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
603 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
VERMONT...NORTHERN TACONICS OF NEW YORK...AND THE 
NORTHERN BERKSHIRES...

THE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED...AND THE WIND
ADVISORY IS CANCELED. 

$$

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 11:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYOneida9 days

Nearby

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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.