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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Burlington, VT

February 19, 2016St. Lawrence County, New York; Grand Isle County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2016, 3:29 PM EST for St. Lawrence County, New York; Grand Isle County, Vermont. It took effect at Feb 19, 2016, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2016, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2016, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 20, 2016, 3:17 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties St. Lawrence County, NY, Grand Isle County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2016-02-19Temperature 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 2016-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

309 
WWUS71 KBTV 192029
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
329 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016

VTZ001-201000-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WI.Y.0004.160220T0100Z-160220T1000Z/
GRAND ISLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO
329 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST
SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...GRAND ISLE COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY STRONG AND GUSTY DURING
  THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, WITH THE PEAK GUSTS EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT
  TO AROUND SUNRISE.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE,
  ALONG WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

$$

NYZ029-087-201000-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WI.Y.0004.160220T0100Z-160220T1000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...
GOUVERNEUR
329 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST
SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY...MAINLY SOUTH OF
  ROUTE'S 56 AND 68.

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY STRONG AND GUSTY DURING
  THIS EVENING, WITH THE PEAK GUSTS EXPECTED FROM 10 PM TO 2 AM.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE,
  ALONG WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

$$

LAHIFF
1 follow-up statement
882 
WWUS71 KBTV 200817
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
317 AM EST SAT FEB 20 2016

NYZ029-087-VTZ001-200930-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160220T1000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...
GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO
317 AM EST SAT FEB 20 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY IN NEW YORK AND GRAND
ISLE COUNTY IN VERMONT.

WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN 45 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING
BUT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING.

$$

KGM

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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.