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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 24, 2012Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2012, 2:08 AM EDT for Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 37 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 24, 2012, 2:08 AM EDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2012, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Montgomery County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1455 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
1455 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 24, 1:53 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:53 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:23 PM EDT, 9 hours 45 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

Local storm report, Jul 23, 11:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1156 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

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

1115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALBANY                  42.66N  73.78W
07/23/2012                   ALBANY             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1200140

IRL
Local storm report, Jul 24, 12:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1206 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

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

1158 PM     HAIL             BROADALBIN              43.06N  74.20W
07/23/2012  E0.75 INCH       FULTON             NY   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1200141

IRL
Local storm report, Jul 24, 12:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1256 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

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

1230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ILION                   43.01N  75.04W
07/24/2012                   HERKIMER           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1200142

IRL
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:16 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton, Herkimer25 min
Jul 23, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren47 min
Jul 23, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren31 min
Jul 23, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton54 min
Jul 23, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady43 min
Jul 23, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany, Rensselaer38 min
Jul 23, 11:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton42 min
Jul 23, 11:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Rensselaer56 min
Jul 23, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton, Montgomery50 min
Jul 24, 12:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery53 min
Jul 24, 1:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie57 min
Jul 24, 1:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga, Washington59 min
Jul 24, 1:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga26 min
Jul 24, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer48 min
Jul 24, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess39 min
Jul 24, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess33 min
Jul 24, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham67 min
Jul 23, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire28 min
Jul 24, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY23 min

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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.