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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Albany, NY

June 27, 2015Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Jun 27, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT for Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It took effect at Jun 28, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 28, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 28, 2015, 10:11 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

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

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2015-06-27Temperature 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 2015-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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.

599 
WWUS71 KALY 272000
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
400 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015


MAZ001-025-NYZ054-061-VTZ013-014-280900-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0004.150628T0500Z-150628T1800Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HOOSICK FALLS...
CHATHAM...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
400 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...
FOR WESTERN WINDHAM...BENNINGTON...BERKSHIRE...EASTERN
RENSSELAER AND EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 45
  MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...WITH STRONG WIND
  GUSTS OVER 45 MPH EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY BRING DOWN
  TREES AND TREE LIMBS. IN ADDITION...WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED
  TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...THE GROUND WILL BECOME
  SATURATED...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME TREES BEING UPROOTED DUE
  TO THE WET SOIL. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
829 
WWUS71 KALY 280753
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
353 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015

MAZ001-025-NYZ054-061-VTZ013-014-281800-
/O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150628T1800Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HOOSICK FALLS...
CHATHAM...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
353 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015

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

* WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45
  MPH.

* TIMING...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY IN
  DOWNSLOPE AREAS OF THE TACONICS...GREENS...AND BERKSHIRES
  THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY BRING DOWN
  TREES AND TREE LIMBS. IN ADDITION...WITH HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING...THE
  GROUND WILL BECOME SATURATED... WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME TREES
  BEING UPROOTED DUE TO THE WET SOIL. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE
  POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
209 
WWUS71 KALY 281411
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1011 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015


MAZ001-025-NYZ054-061-VTZ013-014-281515-
/O.CAN.KALY.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150628T1800Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HOOSICK FALLS...
CHATHAM...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
1011 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WIND ADVISORY AREA...SO
THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH
ARE STILL POSSIBLE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 4:14 AM EDTFlood WatchALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more30 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New York, 2015Wind Advisories in Vermont, 2015Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2015Every wind advisory in 2015

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.