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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Binghamton, NY

February 19, 20169 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2016, 7:53 PM EST for 9 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 19, 2016, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2016, 7:53 PM EST (00:53 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2016, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 20, 2016, 4:03 AM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Yates County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-02-20Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 813 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
1747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
813 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
959 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

740 
WWUS71 KBGM 200053
NPWBGM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
753 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016

NYZ009-015>018-023-025-036-037-044-201100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.WI.Y.0003.160220T0100Z-160220T1100Z/
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-
TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS...
AUBURN...SYRACUSE...WATKINS GLEN...ITHACA...ONEIDA...HAMILTON...
UTICA...ROME...CORTLAND
753 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...FINGER LAKES REGION TO MOHAWK VALLEY AND TUG HILL
  AREAS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAINLY
  AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT
GREATER THAN 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER
LINES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD
SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE
ADVISORY AREA KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL...ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
934 
WWUS71 KBGM 200903
NPWBGM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
403 AM EST SAT FEB 20 2016

NYZ009-015>018-023-025-036-037-044-201015-
/O.CAN.KBGM.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160220T1100Z/
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-
TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS...
AUBURN...SYRACUSE...WATKINS GLEN...ITHACA...ONEIDA...HAMILTON...
UTICA...ROME...CORTLAND
403 AM EST SAT FEB 20 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
INTO THE 30S. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TODAY. THESE WIND
SPEEDS WILL NOT CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.

$$

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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.