- High Wind Watch for Schenectady County, New York
- High Wind Watch issued January 30 at 4:22AM EST until January 31 at 6:00PM EST by NWS
- Effective: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 4:22 a.m.
- Expires: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 5 p.m.
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS...ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.
* HAZARDS...STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS.
* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS BECOMING WEST THURSDAY MORNING AT 20 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
* TIMING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO
THIS EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH DOWNPOURS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD ALLOW FOR STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO MIX
DOWN TO THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IN
ADDITION...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THURSDAY MORNING BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE MORE PERSISTENT AND
WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA.
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND TREE
LIMBS...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.