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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

November 18, 20134 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Nov 18, 2013, 3:21 AM EST for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 24 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
Nov 18, 2013, 3:21 AM EST (08:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2013, 3:45 AM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Schenectady County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 323 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 00:00Z on 2013-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2013-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 Nov 18, 1:43 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 1:43 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 18, 2:27 AM EST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
227 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

NYZ032-033-038-180800-
HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
227 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

...A LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS IN...

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

AT 224 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND
HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS A RUMBLE OF THUNDER.

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND TO 11 MILES WEST OF BIG MOOSE TO
23 MILES WEST OF NORTHWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE GUSTY SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHWOOD BY 245 AM EST
OHIO BY 250 AM EST
MCKEEVER BY 255 AM EST
BIG MOOSE...OLD FORGE...NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND AND ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC
CAMPGROUND BY 300 AM EST

LAT...LON 4384 7441 4330 7490 4329 7515 4334 7509
      4395 7516 4407 7511 4406 7502 4411 7437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 233DEG 40KT 4440 7486 4387 7511
          4341 7549

HWJIV
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 2:51 AM EST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
251 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

NYZ032-033-038>040-082-180815-
HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-SOUTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN FULTON NY-
NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
251 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

...A LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS IN

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

AT 248 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND A
PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE
SHOWERS. THE LINE OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
MCKEEVER TO POLAND TO JORDANVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
OHIO AND MIDDLEVILLE BY 255 AM EST
LITTLE FALLS BY 300 AM EST
DOLGEVILLE BY 305 AM EST
ST. JOHNSVILLE AND FORT PLAIN BY 310 AM EST
EPHRATAH...CANAJOHARIE...STRATFORD AND 8 MILES WEST OF CAROGA LAKE BY
315 AM EST

LAT...LON 4330 7515 4334 7509 4364 7512 4378 7429
      4337 7425 4288 7431 4283 7467 4289 7487
      4284 7488 4282 7492 4289 7507 4313 7515
      4322 7508 4326 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 256DEG 37KT 4357 7505 4325 7505
          4289 7494

HWJIV
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 3:17 AM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
317 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

NYZ040-047-048-051-058-063-180845-
MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY-
WESTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY-
317 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

...A LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS IN...

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

AT 312 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND
HEAVY RAIN AS WELL A RUMBLE OR TWO OF THUNDER.

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COBLESKILL TO
SUMMIT TO 7 MILES WEST OF PRATTSVILLE TO 20 MILES WEST OF WOODLAND
VALLEY CAMPGROUND...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PRATTSVILLE BY 320 AM EST
GILBOA...CENTRAL BRIDGE AND BREAKABEEN BY 325 AM EST
SCHOHARIE AND MIDDLEBURGH BY 330 AM EST
WINDHAM...PRESTON HOLLOW...LIVINGSTONVILLE AND DELANSON BY 335 AM EST

LAT...LON 4207 7468 4212 7456 4215 7453 4217 7446
      4221 7454 4234 7444 4243 7464 4282 7459
      4281 7408 4186 7423 4198 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0816Z 257DEG 40KT 4274 7445 4261 7452
          4233 7451 4200 7466

HWJIV
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 3:21 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
321 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

NYZ033-038>042-047>050-082-180845-
HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY-
SOUTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN FULTON NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-
NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
321 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 318 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50
MPH...AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS A RUMBLE OF THUNDER.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND TO RAQUETTE LAKE TO 9 MILES WEST
OF LAKE PLEASANT TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAROGA LAKE TO EPHRATAH TO
10 MILES SOUTH OF FONDA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CAROGA LAKE PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...JOHNSTOWN...FONDA AND CAROGA LAKE BY
325 AM EST
MOFFITT BEACH CAMPGROUND...LAKE PLEASANT...TRIBES HILL AND JOHNSTOWN
BY 330 AM EST
LEWEY LAKE CAMPGROUND AND SPECULATOR BY 335 AM EST

LAT...LON 4397 7425 4392 7432 4382 7421 4383 7414
      4381 7410 4354 7404 4334 7409 4310 7397
      4279 7387 4271 7451 4304 7461 4328 7474
      4348 7469 4379 7476 4411 7447 4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 263DEG 32KT 4408 7433 4380 7463
          4349 7455 4330 7460 4305 7448 4281 7441

HWJIV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 2:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer33 min
Nov 18, 2:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery24 min
Nov 18, 3:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie, Ulster28 min
Nov 18, 3:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga, Schenectady22 min
Nov 18, 4:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia, Rensselaer, Washington32 min
Nov 18, 4:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer28 min
Nov 18, 4:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington, Windham24 min
Nov 18, 4:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire24 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.