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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 6, 2011Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2011, 1:49 PM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 6, 2011, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 6, 11:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 11:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 7:20 AM EDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
149 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NYZ032-033-061815-
HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
149 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO HALF INCH
HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND TO RAQUETTE LAKE...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF NEWCOMB TO 19 MILES NORTHEAST
OF OLD FORGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IF IN A BOAT ON ONE OF THE LAKES...PLEASE SEEK SAFE HAVEN AT THIS
TIME.

RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS COULD REACH HALF AN INCH THROUGH 215
PM...PRODUCING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND...GOLDEN BEACH CAMPGROUND AND FORKED LAKE
PUBLIC CAMPGROUND BY 155 PM EDT
LAKE DURANT CAMPGROUND AND BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE BY 210 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4412 7427 4397 7425 4393 7432 4391 7431
      4380 7442 4380 7499 4409 7468 4412 7432
      4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 270DEG 25KT 4423 7427 4387 7465

HWJIV

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	36 min
Jul 6, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	34 min
Jul 6, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	27 min
Jul 6, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	51 min
Jul 6, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	36 min
Jul 6, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	39 min
Jul 6, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	36 min
Jul 6, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	24 min
Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	45 min
Jul 6, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schoharie	56 min
Jul 6, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	57 min
Jul 6, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	57 min
Jul 6, 5:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	3 hr
Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	40 min
Jul 6, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	65 min
Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Rensselaer	3 hr
Jul 6, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	64 min
Jul 6, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	27 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.