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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Burlington, VT

December 26, 2016Chittenden County, Franklin County, Grand Isle County, Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this wind advisory at Dec 26, 2016, 3:26 AM EST for Chittenden County, Franklin County, Grand Isle County, Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, New York. It took effect at Dec 26, 2016, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2016, 3:26 AM EST (08:26 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 26, 2016, 9:58 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2016-12-26Temperature 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 2016-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -140 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
1515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

846 
WWUS71 KBTV 260826
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
326 AM EST MON DEC 26 2016

NYZ028-035-VTZ001-002-005-262100-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WI.Y.0007.161226T1800Z-161227T0300Z/
EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PLATTSBURGH, PORT HENRY, TICONDEROGA, 
ALBURGH, SOUTH HERO, ST. ALBANS, AND BURLINGTON
326 AM EST MON DEC 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND 
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM 
EST THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK,
  ESPECIALLY IN AREAS CLOSE TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND ACROSS THE
  CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS.

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.

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

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED LIMBS AND A FEW TREES WHICH MAY CAUSE 
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$

JMG
2 follow-up statements
293 
WWUS71 KBTV 262033
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
333 PM EST MON DEC 26 2016

NYZ028-035-VTZ001-002-005-270300-
/O.CON.KBTV.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161227T0300Z/
EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PLATTSBURGH, PORT HENRY, TICONDEROGA, 
ALBURGH, SOUTH HERO, ST. ALBANS, AND BURLINGTON
333 PM EST MON DEC 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WIND
ADVISORY...UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK, 
  ESPECIALLY IN AREAS CLOSE TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND ACROSS THE 
  CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS.

* HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 50 MPH...PEAKING
  AROUND 6 TO 8 PM THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER 10 PM.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED LIMBS AND A FEW TREES WHICH MAY CAUSE SCATTERED
  POWER OUTAGES. GUSTY WINDS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN WILL CREATE ROUGH
  WAVES AND MOVE ANY ICE THAT HAS FORMED INTO ANY SOUTHERN FACING
  BAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
DEAL
179 
WWUS71 KBTV 270258
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
958 PM EST MON DEC 26 2016

NYZ028-035-VTZ001-002-005-270400-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161227T0300Z/
EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PLATTSBURGH, PORT HENRY, TICONDEROGA, 
ALBURGH, SOUTH HERO, ST. ALBANS, AND BURLINGTON
958 PM EST MON DEC 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK... 
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS CLOSE TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND ACROSS THE 
CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS.

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT
WIND GUSTS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS EARLIER TODAY. EXPECT SOUTH
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN
WINDS WILL BE LOWERING INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. GIVEN THIS
WEAKENING TREND...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

EVENSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 3:26 AM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryBTVCaledonia, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans and 1 more24 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Vermont, 2016Wind Advisories in New York, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016

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.