Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2011, 8:13 AM EDT for Fulton County, Montgomery County, Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2011, 8:13 AM EDT (12:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2011, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Fulton County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Schoharie County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:13 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 477 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 773 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
713
WWUS81 KALY 201213
SPSALY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
813 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
NYZ033-038>042-047>051-082-083-201245-
HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY-
SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN FULTON NY-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-
WESTERN ALBANY NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
813 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 808 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF
CAROGA LAKE TO STRATFORD TO ST. JOHNSVILLE TO FORT PLAIN TO SHARON
SPRINGS TO 12 MILES WEST OF SUMMIT...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SACANDAGA CAMPGROUND...WELLS...CAROGA LAKE PUBLIC CAMPGROUND AND
SUMMIT BY 820 AM EDT
JOHNSTOWN...GLOVERSVILLE AND COBLESKILL BY 825 AM EDT
FONDA...TRIBES HILL AND MAYFIELD BY 830 AM EDT
LAT...LON 4317 7473 4338 7458 4348 7378 4315 7399
4287 7404 4260 7416 4254 7469 4262 7464
4274 7467 4283 7466 4288 7483 4294 7482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 260DEG 47KT 4332 7444 4319 7455
4314 7457 4308 7461 4300 7458 4296 7464
4291 7464 4280 7466 4262 7475
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 4:52 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren, Washington | 9 min |
| Apr 20, 5:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren, Washington | 11 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Greene, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie and 2 more | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady, Schoharie | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 9:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 35 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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.