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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 24, 2012Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2012, 4:21 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 39 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2012, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSalt Point, NYTREES DOWN RTE 82 NR RTE 44
Jul 24, 4:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Salt Point, NYTRAINED SPOTTER
Jul 24, 4:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSalt Point, NYTREES DOWN RTE 82 NR RTE 44

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1283 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
1283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

079 
WWUS81 KALY 242021
SPSALY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
421 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

NYZ065-066-242100-
WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-
421 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW 
YORK...

AT 419 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 NEAR PLEASANT VALLEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
POUGHKEEPSIE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DOVER PLAINS BY 435 PM EDT...
WINGDALE BY 440 PM EDT...
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAWLING BY 445 PM EDT.

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  WHEN THUNDER ROARS...HEAD INDOORS.

LAT...LON 4159 7367 4175 7393 4190 7380 4176 7351
      4160 7351 4153 7352 4152 7353 4152 7354
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 305DEG 35KT 4177 7377

$$

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, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery37 min
Jul 24, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.