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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 17, 2012Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2012, 7:55 PM EDT for Warren County, New York. It was in force for 35 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 17, 2012, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Warren County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 Jul 17, 7:21 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 7:21 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
503 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

NYZ042-043-172230-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY-
503 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES NORTH OF SCAROON MANOR PUBLIC
CAMPGROUND TO 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH CREEK TO 64 MILES NORTHWEST
OF NORTH CREEK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF
NEWCOMB TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWCOMB TO 33 MILES NORTH OF OLD
FORGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ROGERS ROCK CAMPGROUND BY 555 PM EDT
HAGUE BY 600 PM EDT
SCAROON MANOR PUBLIC CAMPGROUND BY 610 PM EDT
NORTH CREEK AND EAGLE POINT CAMPGROUND BY 615 PM EDT
JOHNSBURG BY 620 PM EDT
CHESTERTOWN BY 625 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE GEORGE...SCHROON LAKE...BRANDT LAKE...FRIENDS
LAKE 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!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4377 7334 4369 7340 4359 7342 4358 7340
      4363 7337 4363 7332 4351 7324 4347 7391
      4367 7421 4373 7422 4381 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 297DEG 40KT 4419 7395 4403 7426
          4415 7498

SNYDER
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 6:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
616 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

NYZ032-033-172300-
HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
616 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

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

AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORKED LAKE
PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF OLD FORGE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FORKED LAKE PUBLIC CAMPGROUND AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE EATON
CAMPGROUND BY 650 PM EDT
BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE BY 655 PM EDT
LAKE DURANT CAMPGROUND BY 700 PM EDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4395 7429 4392 7432 4384 7424 4370 7436
      4405 7506 4409 7465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 302DEG 32KT 4408 7489

SNYDER
Local storm report, Jul 17, 6:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
640 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0547 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAGUE                   43.75N  73.50W
07/17/2012                   WARREN             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT ROUTES 8 AND 9N.

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EVENT NUMBER ALY1200119

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 3:09 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer and 5 more5 hr
Jul 17, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer65 min
Jul 17, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren87 min
Jul 17, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton31 min
Jul 17, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren, Washington27 min
Jul 17, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton44 min
Jul 17, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer41 min
Jul 17, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer43 min

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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.