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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 28, 2014Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2014, 4:12 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 33 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, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Berkshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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, 4:06 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 4:06 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:01 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
259 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0241 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E WEST STOCKBRIDGE    42.35N  73.35W
07/28/2014                   BERKSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE ON CAR

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1400443

SND
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
308 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

MAZ001-025-281945-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-
308 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SAVOY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SAVOY BY 315 PM EDT
8 MILES SOUTH OF FLORIDA BY 325 PM EDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4255 7297 4251 7296 4239 7300 4238 7303
      4238 7306 4237 7306 4236 7309 4261 7327
      4268 7298 4267 7298 4266 7295 4263 7294
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 249DEG 18KT 4253 7305

IRL/SND
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
312 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

NYZ047-281945-
SCHOHARIE NY-
312 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BREAKABEEN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF COBLESKILL...AND MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MIDDLEBURGH BY 325 PM EDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4268 7429 4242 7428 4242 7461 4260 7464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 274DEG 25KT 4254 7446

IRL/SND
Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:29 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
329 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0244 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 ESE LENOX             42.36N  73.27W
07/28/2014                   BERKSHIRE          MA   FACEBOOK

            2 FEET OF MOVING WATER ACROSS HOUSATONIC ST

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EVENT NUMBER ALY1400444

SND
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:47 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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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, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery32 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

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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.