Alert archive / New York / Winter Weather Advisories in 2021
Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 21, 2021, 3:44 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 22, 2021, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2021, 3:44 PM EST (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2021, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2021, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
049 WWUS41 KALY 212044 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 344 PM EST Tue Dec 21 2021 CTZ001-MAZ001-025-VTZ014-015-221200- /O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0021.211222T0600Z-211222T1500Z/ Northern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire- Western Windham-Eastern Windham- Including the cities of Torrington, Dalton, Hancock, Pittsfield, Florida, North Adams, Sandisfield, Great Barrington, South Egremont, Stratton, Londonderry, Brattleboro, Guilford Center, West Brattleboro, and Bellows Falls 344 PM EST Tue Dec 21 2021 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Wintry mix including sleet and freezing rain expected. Total ice accumulation of a light glaze. * WHERE...In Vermont, Western Windham and Eastern Windham Counties. In Connecticut, Northern Litchfield County. In Massachusetts, Northern Berkshire and Southern Berkshire Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 10 AM EST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery travel conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. && $$
3 follow-up statements
047 WWUS41 KALY 220825 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 325 AM EST Wed Dec 22 2021 CTZ013-NYZ059>061-064>066-221500- /O.EXA.KALY.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-211222T1500Z/ Southern Litchfield-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia- Eastern Columbia-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess- Including the cities of Oakville, Gaylordsville, New Milford, Terryville, Thomaston, Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens, Cairo, Jefferson Heights, Hudson, New Lebanon, Kingston, New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Arlington, Pawling, Wingdale, Dover Plains, Millbrook, Stanfordville, Pine Plains, and Amenia 325 AM EST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Light freezing rain mixed with some sleet. Light ice accumulations of a light glaze to less than a tenth of ice. Little to no sleet accumulation. * WHERE...Southern Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut and the mid Hudson Valley and southern and central Taconics in eastern New York. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning. * IMPACTS...Very slippery sidewalks, roads and bridges are possible. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. && $$ CTZ001-MAZ001-025-VTZ014-015-221500- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-211222T1500Z/ Northern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire- Western Windham-Eastern Windham- Including the cities of Torrington, Dalton, Hancock, Pittsfield, Florida, North Adams, Sandisfield, Great Barrington, South Egremont, Stratton, Londonderry, Brattleboro, Guilford Center, West Brattleboro, and Bellows Falls 325 AM EST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Wintry mix including sleet and light freezing rain expected. Total ice accumulation of a tenth of an inch or less of ice on untreated surfaces. Little to no sleet accumulation. * WHERE...In Vermont, Windham County. In Connecticut, Northern Litchfield County. In Massachusetts, the Berkshires. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning. * IMPACTS...Very slippery sidewalks, roads and bridges are possible. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. && $$
774 WWUS41 KALY 221120 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 620 AM EST Wed Dec 22 2021 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ059>061-064>066-VTZ014-015-221500- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-211222T1500Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia- Eastern Columbia-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess- Western Windham-Eastern Windham- Including the cities of Torrington, Oakville, Gaylordsville, New Milford, Terryville, Thomaston, Dalton, Hancock, Pittsfield, Florida, North Adams, Sandisfield, Great Barrington, South Egremont, Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens, Cairo, Jefferson Heights, Hudson, New Lebanon, Kingston, New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Arlington, Pawling, Wingdale, Dover Plains, Millbrook, Stanfordville, Pine Plains, Amenia, Stratton, Londonderry, Brattleboro, Guilford Center, West Brattleboro, and Bellows Falls 620 AM EST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Light freezing rain mixed with some sleet. Additional sleet accumulations of a coating and ice accumulations of a light glaze to less than a tenth of an inch. * WHERE...Windham County in southern Vermont, Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut, the mid Hudson Valley and the southern and central Taconics in eastern New York and the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning. * IMPACTS...Very slippery sidewalks, roads and bridges are possible. The hazardous conditions will impact the morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. && $$
630 WWUS41 KALY 221459 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 959 AM EST Wed Dec 22 2021 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ059>061-064>066-VTZ014-015-221600- /O.EXP.KALY.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-211222T1500Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia- Eastern Columbia-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess- 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, Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens, Cairo, Jefferson Heights, Hudson, New Lebanon, Kingston, New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Arlington, Pawling, Wingdale, Dover Plains, Millbrook, Stanfordville, Pine Plains, Amenia, Stratton, Londonderry, Brattleboro, Guilford Center, West Brattleboro, and Bellows Falls 959 AM EST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... Temperatures in the advisory area have risen into the low to mid 30s and with the bulk of the showers now exiting into New England, the winter weather advisory for freezing rain will expire at 10am. Some patchy fog may linger in the advisory area through midday and any areas that are still near freezing could continue to see slippery spots, if untreated. $$
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.