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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 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
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 58 min |
Nearby
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.