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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

September 2, 2013Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2013, 1:22 AM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 23 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
Sep 2, 2013, 1:22 AM EDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2013, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2013-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1022 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 2013-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Sep 2, 12:49 AM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 12:49 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 12:33 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1233 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-021100-
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-
1233 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

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

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO BE SEVERE BUT A FEW MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS AND MAY CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF ROADS AND IN URBAN...POOR DRAINAGE...AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON LABOR DAY INTO THE EVENING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STORMS ND MAY
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS AND IN URBAN...POOR DRAINAGE...AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. A FEW
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 1, 10:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 2, 12:29 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer61 min
Sep 2, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington31 min
Sep 2, 1:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer25 min
Sep 2, 2:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia57 min
Sep 2, 2:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia3 hr
Sep 2, 2:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton38 min
Sep 2, 4:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchALYColumbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer15 hr
Sep 2, 4:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery, Schoharie53 min
Sep 2, 7:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer, Washington44 min
Sep 2, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess60 min
Sep 2, 8:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Dutchess3 hr
Sep 2, 12:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene65 min
Sep 2, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess33 min
Sep 2, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess28 min
Sep 2, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster22 min
Sep 2, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYLewis28 min
Sep 2, 5:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess, Ulster3 hr
Sep 2, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer55 min
Sep 2, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYDutchess, Ulster3 hr
Sep 2, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Montgomery64 min
Sep 2, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie31 min
Sep 2, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and 1 more63 min
Sep 2, 1:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham66 min
Sep 2, 2:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBennington, Windham3 hr
Sep 2, 3:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham51 min
Sep 2, 4:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWindham3 hr
Sep 2, 7:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington, Windham55 min
Sep 2, 8:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham53 min
Sep 2, 9:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYWindham3 hr
Sep 2, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region3 hr
Sep 2, 3:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire67 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New York, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013

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.