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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 1, 2013Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2013, 7:49 PM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2013, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Hamilton County, NY

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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 Jun 1, 7:20 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 7:20 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
611 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013

NYZ032-033-012245-
HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
611 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

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

AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LYON LAKE...
OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF OLD FORGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PARTLOW BY 615 PM EDT
NEHASANE AND LAKE LILA BY 620 PM EDT
ROBINWOOD BY 625 PM EDT
SABATTIS AND LITTLE TUPPER LAKE BY 630 PM EDT

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.

LAT...LON 4412 7427 4408 7427 4407 7427 4390 7500
      4406 7509 4406 7502 4412 7432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 249DEG 34KT 4402 7492

LFM

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
648 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013

NYZ033-012315-
HAMILTON NY-
648 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBINWOOD...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLD
FORGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY AT 700 PM EDT

RAINFALL RATES COULD REACH A HALF AN INCH IN AN HOUR FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4412 7427 4406 7427 4393 7472 4407 7481
      4411 7450 4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 245DEG 25KT 4405 7466

TAW

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:02 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
702 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013

NYZ032-012345-
NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
702 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN

  HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF
LYON LAKE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOSHIER FALLS TO 16 MILES WEST OF
MOSHIER FALLS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 36 MILES NORTH OF OLD
FORGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MOSHIER FALLS AND LYON LAKE BY 710 PM EDT
LITTLE RAPIDS...BRANDRETH AND BEAVER RIVER BY 725 PM EDT

RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO AN INCH FROM
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4406 7507 4407 7490 4407 7486 4388 7483
      4386 7514 4386 7515 4409 7518 4410 7517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 270DEG 39KT 4421 7511 4397 7514
          4382 7540

TAW

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
749 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013

NYZ033-020030-
HAMILTON NY-
749 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  EXTREME NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 746 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 16 MILES WEST OF LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 24 MILES
NORTH OF OLD FORGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTH OF LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND BY 810 PM EDT

RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A HALF AN INCH IN AN HOUR FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4412 7427 4401 7426 4393 7483 4406 7486
      4407 7486 4408 7484 4412 7432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 256DEG 34KT 4404 7475

TAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	47 min
Jun 1, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	34 min
Jun 1, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	27 min
Jun 1, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Lewis	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.