Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Warnings in 2019
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 11, 2019, 3:52 AM EST for 15 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 12, 2019, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 26 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2019, 3:52 AM EST (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2019, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2019, 12:25 PM EST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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 13 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
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 11, 12:37 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 12:37 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:20 PM EST, 11 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 420 PM EST Sun Feb 10 2019 MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-064-082>084- VTZ013>015-111200- 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-Eastern Ulster- Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren-Southern Washington-Bennington- Western Windham-Eastern Windham- 420 PM EST Sun Feb 10 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Massachusetts, southern Vermont and east central New York excluding Dutchess County. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Watch. Another storm system may bring widespread moderate to heavy rainfall and mild temperatures to the region for Friday through Saturday. Should this occur, the potential for river rises, as well as renewed movement of ice and subsequent ice jam flooding would exist, and trends will need to be watched closely through the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. CTZ001-013-NYZ065-066-111200- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Western Dutchess- Eastern Dutchess- 420 PM EST Sun Feb 10 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Dutchess County and northwestern Connecticut. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. A storm will impact the region Tuesday into Wednesday bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain to the area. When confidence on precipitation types become more confidence appropriate winter weather headlines will be issued. Another storm system may bring widespread moderate to heavy rainfall and mild temperatures to the region for Friday through Saturday. Should this occur, the potential for river rises, as well as renewed movement of ice and subsequent ice jam flooding would exist, and trends will need to be watched closely through the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Dutchess | 13 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:57 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 48 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in New York, 2019Winter Storm Warnings in Vermont, 2019Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2019Every winter storm warning in 2019
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.