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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:24 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Stottville, NY | TREE AND WIRES DOWN. CORRECTED TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Apr 16, 6:26 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Omi, NY | TREE DOWN IN THE ROADWAY |
| Apr 16, 6:27 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Claverack, NY | TREE AND WIRES DOWN |
| Apr 16, 6:32 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Greenport Center, NY | TREE DOWN IN ROADWAY |
| Apr 16, 6:33 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Snyderville, NY | POWER LINES DOWN. CORRECTED TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Apr 16, 6:33 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hudson, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Greenport Center, NY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN |
| Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hudson, NY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN |
| Apr 16, 6:36 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Mellenville, NY | TREES DOWN IN THE ROADWAY |
| Apr 16, 6:38 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Craryville, NY | TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| Apr 16, 6:39 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Brick Tavern, NY | TREE DOWN IN THE ROADWAY |
| Apr 16, 6:42 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Philmont, NY | TREE DOWN IN THE ROADWAY |
| Apr 16, 6:44 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Omi, NY | TREE DOWN IN THE ROADWAY |
| Apr 16, 6:51 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Rockdale Mills, MA | TREE DOWN ON EAST ALFORD ROAD IN WEST STOCKBRIDGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 16, 7:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Claverack, NY | TREE AND WIRES DOWN |
| Apr 16, 7:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Mill River, MA | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD IN SHEFIELD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 16, 7:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Sheffield, MA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES |
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Stottville, NY | TREE AND WIRES DOWN |
| Apr 16, 7:20 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Snyderville, NY | POWER 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Greene | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 54 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New York, 2017High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2017Every high wind warning in 2017
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.