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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 9, 20124 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 6:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 54 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
Aug 9, 2012, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2012-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 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 2012-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

752 
WWUS81 KALY 092221
SPSALY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
621 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

NYZ039>041-047>052-058-082-092315-
MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-SOUTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN FULTON NY-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY-
EASTERN ALBANY NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-
NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
621 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
JOHNSTOWN TO RICHMONDVILLE TO 36 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM JOHNSTOWN TO COBLESKILL TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ONEONTA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SUMMIT AND COBLESKILL BY 630 PM EDT
TRIBES HILL BY 640 PM EDT
FORT JOHNSON BY 650 PM EDT
AMSTERDAM...HAGAMAN...JEFFERSON AND CENTRAL BRIDGE BY 700 PM EDT
SCHOHARIE AND BREAKABEEN BY 710 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4256 7468 4262 7464 4269 7465 4314 7440
      4314 7379 4244 7421 4234 7444 4235 7445
      4241 7461 4251 7471 4253 7471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 307DEG 11KT 4300 7435 4263 7455
          4230 7527

$$

SNYDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia46 min
Aug 9, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene56 min
Aug 9, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady28 min
Aug 9, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster69 min
Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga31 min
Aug 9, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga28 min
Aug 9, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida29 min
Aug 9, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Warren55 min
Aug 9, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer53 min
Aug 9, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer42 min
Aug 9, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren26 min
Aug 9, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess29 min
Aug 9, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren23 min
Aug 9, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren63 min
Aug 9, 5:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYWarren, Washington4 hr
Aug 9, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery35 min
Aug 9, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren52 min

Nearby

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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.