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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2012, 1:01 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 25, 2012, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
County Columbia County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jun 25, 9:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 9:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 922 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ025-NYZ058>061-063>066-261100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 922 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...LITCHFIELD HILLS...AND THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF DOWNPOURS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-082>084-VTZ013>015-261100- NORTHERN 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-NORTHERN FULTON- SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- 922 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS...NORTHERN BERKSHIRES...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1100 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE DOVER FURNACE 41.70N 73.57W
06/25/2012 DUTCHESS NY 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
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EVENT NUMBER ALY1200099
FRUGISLocal storm report, Jun 25, 11:01 AM EDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1101 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE DOVER FURNACE 41.70N 73.57W
06/25/2012 DUTCHESS NY 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW SOUTH KENT 41.70N 73.48W
06/25/2012 LITCHFIELD CT FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
0735 AM TSTM WND DMG TORRINGTON 41.84N 73.13W
06/25/2012 LITCHFIELD CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1200099 ALY1200098 ALY1200097
FRUGISSpecial weather statement, Jun 25, 1:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 101 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 NYZ058>061-251745- EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY- EASTERN COLUMBIA NY- 101 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF COXSACKIE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CATSKILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COXSACKIE AND ATHENS BY 120 PM EDT HUDSON AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BALTIMORE BY 125 PM EDT 7 MILES NORTH OF CLAVERACK BY 135 PM EDT KINDERHOOK BY 140 PM EDT CHATHAM...PHILMONT AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF VALATIE BY 145 PM EDT RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH A HALF AN INCH FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4249 7343 4220 7351 4223 7403 4243 7404 TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 269DEG 14KT 4232 7391 TAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 7:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 62 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.