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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Albany, NY

November 24, 20144 states

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Nov 24, 2014, 12:09 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 24, 2014, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2014, 12:09 AM EST (05:09 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 24, 2014, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 24, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 2 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 2014-11-24Temperature 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 2014-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 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.

485 
WWUS71 KALY 240509
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1209 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-042-047-048-051-054-058-061-063-
066-082-VTZ013>015-241700-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0004.141124T0900Z-141124T1700Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-
SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...
NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...WARRENSBURG...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...
ALTAMONT...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...
CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...
MAYFIELD...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
1209 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON
EST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO
NOON EST TODAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...BERKSHIRES...LITCHFIELD
  HILLS...TACONICS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...EASTERN CATSKILLS AND
  SCHOHARIE VALLEY.

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 46 TO 57 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH NOON.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO
  DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 3:01 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery and 7 more37 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New York, 2014Wind Advisories in Vermont, 2014Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014

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.