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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY

February 11, 201915 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2019-02-11Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2019-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
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

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 3:52 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALYDutchess13 hr
Feb 11, 3:57 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALYColumbia, Rensselaer48 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.