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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY

April 16, 2017Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this high wind warning at Apr 16, 2017, 6:21 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 79 min. 19 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2017, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2017, 7:40 PM EDT
In force
79 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 6:24 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Ene Stottville, NYTREE AND WIRES DOWN. CORRECTED TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 16, 6:26 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Se Omi, NYTREE DOWN IN THE ROADWAY
Apr 16, 6:27 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 W Claverack, NYTREE AND WIRES DOWN
Apr 16, 6:32 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Sse Greenport Center, NYTREE DOWN IN ROADWAY
Apr 16, 6:33 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 E Snyderville, NYPOWER LINES DOWN. CORRECTED TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 16, 6:33 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGHudson, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGGreenport Center, NYMULTIPLE TREES DOWN
Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGHudson, NYMULTIPLE TREES DOWN
Apr 16, 6:36 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGMellenville, NYTREES DOWN IN THE ROADWAY
Apr 16, 6:38 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Craryville, NYTREE AND POWER LINES DOWN
Apr 16, 6:39 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Ene Brick Tavern, NYTREE DOWN IN THE ROADWAY
Apr 16, 6:42 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Philmont, NYTREE DOWN IN THE ROADWAY
Apr 16, 6:44 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Se Omi, NYTREE DOWN IN THE ROADWAY
Apr 16, 6:51 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Wsw Rockdale Mills, MATREE DOWN ON EAST ALFORD ROAD IN WEST STOCKBRIDGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 16, 7:00 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 W Claverack, NYTREE AND WIRES DOWN
Apr 16, 7:00 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Mill River, MATREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD IN SHEFIELD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 16, 7:00 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGSheffield, MAMULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES
Apr 16, 7:15 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Ene Stottville, NYTREE AND WIRES DOWN
Apr 16, 7:20 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 E Snyderville, NYPOWER LINES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2017-04-16Temperature 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 2017-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

440 
WWUS71 KALY 162221
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albany NY
621 PM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017

MAZ025-NYZ060-061-170000-
/O.NEW.KALY.HW.W.0003.170416T2221Z-170417T0000Z/
Southern Berkshire-Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-
Including the cities of Sandisfield, Great Barrington, 
South Egremont, Hudson, and New Lebanon
621 PM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. 

* TIMING...Now until 8 PM this evening. 

* WINDS...60 MPH wind gusts.

* IMPACTS...Trees and powerlines may succumb to the winds and
  result in power outages and blocked roadways from fallen trees.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
304 
WWUS71 KALY 162340
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albany NY
740 PM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017


MAZ025-NYZ060-061-170045-
/O.CAN.KALY.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170417T0000Z/
Southern Berkshire-Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-
Including the cities of Sandisfield, Great Barrington, 
South Egremont, Hudson, and New Lebanon
740 PM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Albany has cancelled the High
Wind Warning. 

Please relay your reports to the National Weather Service in
Albany, New York.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 2:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene37 min
Apr 16, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego50 min
Apr 16, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster63 min
Apr 16, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton24 min
Apr 16, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess54 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.