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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Mar 9, 2017, 8:24 AM EST for Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2017, 8:24 AM EST (13:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2017, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 102 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 522 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
346 WWUS71 KALY 091324 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 824 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2017 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-092200- /O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0007.170309T1324Z-170309T2200Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire- Including the cities of Torrington, Oakville, Gaylordsville, New Milford, Terryville, Thomaston, Dalton, Hancock, Pittsfield, Florida, North Adams, Sandisfield, Great Barrington, and South Egremont 824 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 5 PM EST this afternoon. * Location...Berkshire and Litchfield counties. * Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...Strongest winds this morning through mid afternoon, then decreasing. * Impacts...A few downed trees and tree limbs and isolated to scattered power outages possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
2 follow-up statements
561 WWUS71 KALY 091522 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 1022 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2017 VTZ013>015-092200- /O.EXA.KALY.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170309T2200Z/ Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham- Including the cities of Stamford, Bennington, Woodford State Park, Pownal, Stratton, Londonderry, Brattleboro, Guilford Center, West Brattleboro, and Bellows Falls 1022 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 5 PM EST this afternoon. * Location...Bennington and Windham counties in southern Vermont. * Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...Strongest winds through mid afternoon, then decreasing. * Impacts...A few downed trees and tree limbs and isolated to scattered power outages possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-092200- /O.CON.KALY.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170309T2200Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire- Including the cities of Torrington, Oakville, Gaylordsville, New Milford, Terryville, Thomaston, Dalton, Hancock, Pittsfield, Florida, North Adams, Sandisfield, Great Barrington, and South Egremont 1022 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * Location...Berkshire and Litchfield counties. * Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...Strongest winds through mid afternoon, then decreasing. * Impacts...A few downed trees and tree limbs and isolated to scattered power outages possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
957 WWUS71 KALY 092157 NPWALY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 457 PM EST Thu Mar 9 2017 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-092300- /O.EXP.KALY.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170309T2200Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham- Including the cities of Torrington, Oakville, Gaylordsville, New Milford, Terryville, Thomaston, Dalton, Hancock, Pittsfield, Florida, North Adams, Sandisfield, Great Barrington, South Egremont, Stamford, Bennington, Woodford State Park, Pownal, Stratton, Londonderry, Brattleboro, Guilford Center, West Brattleboro, and Bellows Falls 457 PM EST Thu Mar 9 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... Westerly wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph will continue to diminish this evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 4:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 33 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.