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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Albany, NY

November 1, 2014Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Nov 1, 2014, 3:47 PM EDT for Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Nov 2, 2014, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 2014, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 2, 2014, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 2, 2014, 6:00 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2014-11-01Temperature 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 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 2014-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-62 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.

533 
WWUS71 KALY 011947
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
347 PM EDT SAT NOV 1 2014

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-021100-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0003.141102T1100Z-141102T2300Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...
BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
347 PM EDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS
  AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...TREES...AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED BY THESE WINDS.
  FULLY OR PARTIALLY LEAVED TREES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO
  THIS DAMAGE.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH

* TIMING...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT
  HOURS ON SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
264 
WWUS71 KALY 020918
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
418 AM EST SUN NOV 2 2014

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-022300-
/O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0003.141102T1100Z-141102T2300Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...
BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
418 AM EST SUN NOV 2 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS 
  AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...TREES...AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED BY THESE WINDS. 
  FULLY OR PARTIALLY LEAVED TREES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE 
  TO THIS DAMAGE.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH

* TIMING...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT
  HOURS TODAY.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
549 
WWUS71 KALY 021715
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1215 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-022300-
/O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-141102T2300Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...
BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
1215 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS 
  AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...TREES...AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED BY THESE WINDS. 
  FULLY OR PARTIALLY LEAVED TREES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE 
  TO THIS DAMAGE.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
864 
WWUS71 KALY 022257
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
557 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-030000-
/O.EXP.KALY.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-141102T2300Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...
BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
557 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING...BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

$$

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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.