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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

May 28, 2012Fulton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT for Fulton County, New York. It was in force for 60 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: May 28, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Fulton County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1386 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 6.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 May 28, 9:35 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 9:35 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 9:38 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 9:19 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 9:51 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 10:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	56 min
May 28, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer	47 min
May 28, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	56 min
May 29, 3:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	46 min
May 29, 4:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	39 min
May 29, 4:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	46 min
May 29, 5:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton	26 min
May 29, 5:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	60 min
May 29, 6:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	38 min
May 29, 7:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	38 min
May 29, 7:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	52 min
May 29, 7:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	33 min
May 29, 8:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	28 min
May 29, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	34 min
May 29, 12:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	54 min
May 29, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton	44 min
May 29, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren	59 min
May 29, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	57 min
May 29, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	37 min
May 29, 1:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	27 min
May 29, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	59 min
May 29, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	43 min
May 29, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	57 min
May 29, 2:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton	29 min
May 29, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	42 min
May 29, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	42 min
May 29, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	23 min
May 29, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	50 min
May 29, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	61 min
May 29, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	55 min
May 29, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Warren	60 min
May 29, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	58 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	35 min
May 29, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	63 min
May 29, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	32 min
May 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	61 min
May 29, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Warren	57 min
May 29, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga	55 min
May 29, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	66 min
May 29, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	62 min
May 29, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie	42 min
May 29, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	43 min
May 29, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington	55 min
May 29, 4:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady and 2 more	2 hr
May 29, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	51 min
May 29, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	30 min
May 29, 5:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Saratoga	119 min
May 29, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	28 min
May 29, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	41 min
May 29, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene, Ulster	24 min
May 29, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	61 min
May 29, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	60 min
May 29, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	37 min
May 29, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene, Ulster	23 min
May 29, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	44 min
May 29, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	61 min
May 29, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	36 min
May 29, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	54 min
May 29, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	29 min
May 29, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Windham	41 min
May 29, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	30 min
May 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	31 min
May 29, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Windham	39 min
May 29, 4:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Windham	23 min
May 29, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	34 min
May 29, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	19 min
May 29, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	47 min
May 29, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Windham	38 min
May 29, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	61 min
May 29, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		65 min
May 29, 7:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	3 hr

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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.