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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

May 29, 2012Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 3:44 AM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 46 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 29, 2012, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 29, 1:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 1:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:33 AM EDT, 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
333 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-301100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
333 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO
TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
ALSO POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM WEST
SOUTHWEST TO EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND MAY FORM INTO
LINES AND BOWING SEGMENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING MAINLY FROM THE GREATER CAPITAL
DISTRICT AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY SOUTH AND EAST ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
SECONDARY COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY STARTING LATER THIS
MORNING. INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES WHERE THE ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED
WILL BE LISTED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 9:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 10:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 3:44 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
344 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

NYZ033-290830-
HAMILTON NY-
344 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 340 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF LAKE
EATON CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLD FORGE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND BY 355 AM EDT

IF ON OR NEAR LITTLE TUPPER LAKE...OR LAKE EATON...GET OUT OF THE
WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN
STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!

LAT...LON 4412 7427 4398 7425 4392 7475 4408 7480
      4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 257DEG 41KT 4403 7466

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 28, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	60 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.