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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 28, 2014Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2014, 1:13 PM EDT for Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 32 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 28, 2014, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2014, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Montgomery County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2014-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 2014-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 28, 11:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 11:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:27 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:32 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
113 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

NYZ038-040-047-281745-
MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
113 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 110 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SHARON SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CANAJOHARIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHARON SPRINGS BY 125 PM EDT
AMES BY 135 PM EDT
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT PLAIN BY 140 PM EDT
CANAJOHARIE BY 145 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4292 7482 4297 7450 4272 7440 4268 7465
      4274 7467 4279 7467 4283 7466 4287 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 246DEG 16KT 4278 7470

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga, Schenectady38 min
Jul 28, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga, Washington26 min
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington44 min
Jul 28, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia24 min
Jul 28, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie33 min
Jul 28, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia46 min
Jul 28, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany, Schenectady52 min
Jul 28, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia46 min
Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYColumbia4 hr
Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany42 min
Jul 28, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie24 min
Jul 28, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie33 min
Jul 28, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington41 min
Jul 28, 7:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSaratoga, Warren, Washington3 hr
Jul 28, 7:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington, Windham63 min
Jul 28, 8:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington, Windham58 min
Jul 28, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWindham6 hr
Jul 28, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham28 min
Jul 28, 7:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWindham3 hr
Jul 28, 5:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire35 min
Jul 28, 6:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBerkshire3 hr
Jul 28, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire46 min
Jul 28, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire37 min
Jul 28, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.