Alert archive / Connecticut / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2016, 3:11 PM EST for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2016, 3:11 PM EST (20:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2016, 9:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 821 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
797 WWUS71 KALY 242011 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 311 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 CTZ001-013-250900- /O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0007.160225T0200Z-160225T0900Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE 311 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE ALONG WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREES SUCCUMBING TO THE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
286 WWUS71 KALY 250414 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1114 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 MAZ001-025-NYZ043-054-061-084-VTZ013-014-251100- /O.NEW.KALY.HW.W.0002.160225T0414Z-160225T1100Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...HOOSICK FALLS...CHATHAM...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE... NEWFANE 1114 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN GREENS...BERKSHIRES...THE CENTRAL TACONICS AND NORTHERN TACONICS. * TIMING...THROUGH 600 AM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING UP 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD PRODUCE MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...BRING DOWN TREES AND LIMBS WHICH COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CTZ001-013-250900- /O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160225T0900Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE 1114 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATION...LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE ALONG WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREES SUCCUMBING TO THE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
412 WWUS71 KALY 250926 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 426 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 MAZ001-025-NYZ043-054-061-084-VTZ013-014-251030- /O.CAN.KALY.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160225T1100Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...HOOSICK FALLS...CHATHAM...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE... NEWFANE 426 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...BERKSHIRES... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TACONICS. THE STRONG LOW LEVEL JET HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. IT WILL STILL BE SOMEWHAT WINDY AT TIMES THROUGH TODAY...BUT WIND GUSTS WILL BE WELL BELOW WIND WARNING OR EVEN WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ CTZ001-013-251030- /O.EXP.KALY.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160225T0900Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE 426 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED ACROSS LITCHFIELD COUNTY... THE STRONG LOW LEVEL JET HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. IT WILL STILL BE SOMEWHAT WINDY AT TIMES THROUGH TODAY...BUT WIND GUSTS WILL BE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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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.