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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Albany, NY

January 10, 201714 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2017, 3:54 AM EST for 14 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2017, 3:54 AM EST (08:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2017, 3:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 11, 2017, 6:06 AM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2017-01-10Temperature 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 2017-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

878 
WWUS71 KALY 100854
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
354 AM EST TUE JAN 10 2017


MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-082>084-VTZ013-
014-102100-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0002.170110T2000Z-170111T0900Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALTON...HANCOCK...PITTSFIELD...
FLORIDA...NORTH ADAMS...SANDISFIELD...GREAT BARRINGTON...
SOUTH EGREMONT...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...OLD FORGE...
ATWELL...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...LONG LAKE...SABATTIS...
HOFFMEISTER...WELLS...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...
FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...
SARATOGA LAKE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...BOLTON LANDING...JOHNSBURG...
NORTH CREEK...NORTH RIVER...WARRENSBURG...HAGUE...
HULETTS LANDING...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...
BREAKABEEN...GILBOA...LIVINGSTONVILLE...MIDDLEBURGH...
NORTH BLENHEIM...JEFFERSON...MARIAVILLE...DELANSON...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BURNT HILLS...BALLSTON SPA...
MECHANICVILLE...CLIFTON PARK...WATERFORD...WESTERLO...ALTAMONT...
BERNE...KNOX...PRESTON HOLLOW...ALBANY...TROY...BERLIN...
EAGLE BRIDGE...HOOSICK FALLS...STEPHENTOWN...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...PRATTSVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...
ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...NEW LEBANON...
ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...WEST SHOKAN...KERHONKSON...
NAPANOCH...SUNDOWN...CAROGA LAKE...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...MIDDLE FALLS...NORTH EASTON...STAMFORD...BENNINGTON...
WOODFORD STATE PARK...POWNAL...STRATTON...LONDONDERRY
354 AM EST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM
EST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...THE EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA
  REGION...GREATER CAPITAL REGION...TACONICS AND BENNINGTON AND
  WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED VALLEYS WILL BE
  MOST PRONE TO THE STRONGEST AND MORE FREQUENT STRONG WINDS.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED
  TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES. FURTHERMORE...UNSECURED
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 46 TO 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE
CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY
CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
180 
WWUS71 KALY 102024
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
324 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-082>084-VTZ013-
014-110900-
/O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170111T0900Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALTON...HANCOCK...PITTSFIELD...
FLORIDA...NORTH ADAMS...SANDISFIELD...GREAT BARRINGTON...
SOUTH EGREMONT...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...OLD FORGE...
ATWELL...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...LONG LAKE...SABATTIS...
HOFFMEISTER...WELLS...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...
FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...
SARATOGA LAKE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...BOLTON LANDING...JOHNSBURG...
NORTH CREEK...NORTH RIVER...WARRENSBURG...HAGUE...
HULETTS LANDING...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...
BREAKABEEN...GILBOA...LIVINGSTONVILLE...MIDDLEBURGH...
NORTH BLENHEIM...JEFFERSON...MARIAVILLE...DELANSON...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BURNT HILLS...BALLSTON SPA...
MECHANICVILLE...CLIFTON PARK...WATERFORD...WESTERLO...ALTAMONT...
BERNE...KNOX...PRESTON HOLLOW...ALBANY...TROY...BERLIN...
EAGLE BRIDGE...HOOSICK FALLS...STEPHENTOWN...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...PRATTSVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...
ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...NEW LEBANON...
ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...WEST SHOKAN...KERHONKSON...
NAPANOCH...SUNDOWN...CAROGA LAKE...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...MIDDLE FALLS...NORTH EASTON...STAMFORD...BENNINGTON...
WOODFORD STATE PARK...POWNAL...STRATTON...LONDONDERRY
324 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...THE EASTERN 
  CATSKILLS...THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA 
  REGION... GREATER CAPITAL REGION...TACONICS AND BENNINGTON AND 
  WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. 
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED VALLEYS WILL BE 
  MOST PRONE TO THE STRONGEST AND MORE FREQUENT STRONG WINDS.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED 
  TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES. FURTHERMORE...UNSECURED 
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 46 TO 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE
CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY
CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
053 
WWUS71 KALY 110808
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
308 AM EST WED JAN 11 2017


MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-082>084-VTZ013-
014-111200-
/O.EXT.KALY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170111T1200Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALTON...HANCOCK...PITTSFIELD...
FLORIDA...NORTH ADAMS...SANDISFIELD...GREAT BARRINGTON...
SOUTH EGREMONT...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...OLD FORGE...
ATWELL...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...LONG LAKE...SABATTIS...
HOFFMEISTER...WELLS...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...
FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...
SARATOGA LAKE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...BOLTON LANDING...JOHNSBURG...
NORTH CREEK...NORTH RIVER...WARRENSBURG...HAGUE...
HULETTS LANDING...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...
BREAKABEEN...GILBOA...LIVINGSTONVILLE...MIDDLEBURGH...
NORTH BLENHEIM...JEFFERSON...MARIAVILLE...DELANSON...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BURNT HILLS...BALLSTON SPA...
MECHANICVILLE...CLIFTON PARK...WATERFORD...WESTERLO...ALTAMONT...
BERNE...KNOX...PRESTON HOLLOW...ALBANY...TROY...BERLIN...
EAGLE BRIDGE...HOOSICK FALLS...STEPHENTOWN...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...PRATTSVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...
ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...NEW LEBANON...
ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...WEST SHOKAN...KERHONKSON...
NAPANOCH...SUNDOWN...CAROGA LAKE...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...MIDDLE FALLS...NORTH EASTON...STAMFORD...BENNINGTON...
WOODFORD STATE PARK...POWNAL...STRATTON...LONDONDERRY
308 AM EST WED JAN 11 2017

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...THE EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA
  REGION...GREATER CAPITAL REGION...TACONICS AND BENNINGTON AND
  WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. 
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED VALLEYS WILL BE 
  MOST PRONE TO THE STRONGEST AND MORE FREQUENT STRONG WINDS.

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED 
  TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES. FURTHERMORE...UNSECURED 
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 46 TO 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE
CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY
CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
675 
WWUS71 KALY 111106
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
606 AM EST WED JAN 11 2017


MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-082>084-VTZ013-
014-111215-
/O.CAN.KALY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170111T1200Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALTON...HANCOCK...PITTSFIELD...
FLORIDA...NORTH ADAMS...SANDISFIELD...GREAT BARRINGTON...
SOUTH EGREMONT...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...OLD FORGE...
ATWELL...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...LONG LAKE...SABATTIS...
HOFFMEISTER...WELLS...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...
FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...
SARATOGA LAKE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...BOLTON LANDING...JOHNSBURG...
NORTH CREEK...NORTH RIVER...WARRENSBURG...HAGUE...
HULETTS LANDING...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...
BREAKABEEN...GILBOA...LIVINGSTONVILLE...MIDDLEBURGH...
NORTH BLENHEIM...JEFFERSON...MARIAVILLE...DELANSON...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BURNT HILLS...BALLSTON SPA...
MECHANICVILLE...CLIFTON PARK...WATERFORD...WESTERLO...ALTAMONT...
BERNE...KNOX...PRESTON HOLLOW...ALBANY...TROY...BERLIN...
EAGLE BRIDGE...HOOSICK FALLS...STEPHENTOWN...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...PRATTSVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...
ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...NEW LEBANON...
ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...WEST SHOKAN...KERHONKSON...
NAPANOCH...SUNDOWN...CAROGA LAKE...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...MIDDLE FALLS...NORTH EASTON...STAMFORD...BENNINGTON...
WOODFORD STATE PARK...POWNAL...STRATTON...LONDONDERRY
606 AM EST WED JAN 11 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ALTHOUGH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAY STILL PERSIST THIS MORNING,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS, THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONGER WINDS HAS ENDED.

$$

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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.