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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 1, 2014Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2014, 4:05 PM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 1, 2014, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2014-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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 2014-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 Jul 1, 3:47 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:47 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
232 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

NYZ032-033-038-021100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
232 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND
WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR GREATER...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND
AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE SEASON/S FIRST TROPICAL STORM HAS FORMED OFF THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA. THIS STORM AND ANY ASSOCIATED RAINFALL LOOKS TO STAY
JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR REGION AS IT PASSES CLOSEST TO THE
REGION LATE FRIDAY. HOWEVER...IT WILL BE A CLOSE CALL AND A SLIGHT
CHANGE NORTHWARD COULD BRING SOME RAINFALL INTO OUR REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-
VTZ013>015-021100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
232 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON
VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...TACONICS...LAKE GEORGE
SARATOGA REGION...SOUTHEAST ADIRONDACKS...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MOHAWK VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN
VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF
THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP...THEY MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND
AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S IN MANY
VALLEY LOCATIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FROM THE HUDSON
VALLEY EASTWARD. IF IT BECOMES IMMINENT IN SUBSEQUENT FORECAST FOR
HEAT INDICES TO REACH 100...THEN HEAT ADVISORIES WOULD BE ISSUED.

THE SEASON/S FIRST TROPICAL STORM HAS FORMED OFF THE EAST COAST
OF FLORIDA. THIS STORM AND ANY ASSOCIATED RAINFALL LOOKS TO STAY
JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR REGION AS IT PASSES CLOSEST TO THE
REGION LATE FRIDAY. HOWEVER...IT WILL BE A CLOSE CALL AND SLIGHT
CHANGE NORTHWARD COULD BRING SOME RAINFALL INTO OUR
REGION...ESPECIALLY THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED FOR TODAY...ALTHOUGH MAY BE
NEEDED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer45 min
Jul 1, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer46 min
Jul 1, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton43 min
Jul 1, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton, Montgomery62 min
Jul 1, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany, Schenectady, Schoharie65 min
Jul 1, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga, Washington58 min

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Special Weather Statements in New York, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.