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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 23, 2012Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2012, 7:55 PM EDT for Hamilton 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 23, 2012, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Hamilton County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2012-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 412 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
423 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-241100-
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-
423 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 504 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH
AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR LARGER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL
NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
655 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NYZ038-040-232330-
MONTGOMERY NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
655 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
FORT PLAIN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF CANAJOHARIE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTH OF ST. JOHNSVILLE BY 705 PM EDT
FORT PLAIN BY 710 PM EDT
CANAJOHARIE BY 720 PM EDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4298 7482 4302 7468 4297 7448 4287 7437
      4284 7470 4288 7482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 267DEG 20KT 4290 7475

JPV
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:01 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:53 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 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 23, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego52 min
Jul 23, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego47 min
Jul 23, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer33 min
Jul 23, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery55 min
Jul 23, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton48 min
Jul 23, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany40 min
Jul 23, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany42 min
Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady51 min
Jul 23, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Rensselaer61 min
Jul 23, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery36 min
Jul 23, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren44 min
Jul 23, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer67 min
Jul 23, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie63 min
Jul 23, 3:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany3 hr
Jul 23, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer55 min
Jul 23, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess62 min
Jul 23, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer32 min
Jul 23, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren23 min
Jul 23, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer47 min
Jul 23, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren, Washington64 min
Jul 23, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton32 min
Jul 23, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery35 min
Jul 23, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren29 min
Jul 23, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego36 min
Jul 23, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren, Washington34 min
Jul 23, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren37 min
Jul 23, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery62 min
Jul 23, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham25 min
Jul 23, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY41 min
Jul 23, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY13 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.