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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 9, 2015, 1:13 PM EST for Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 9, 2015, 1:13 PM EST (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2015, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Saratoga County, NY, Washington County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 114 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 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 Jan 9, 12:43 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 12:43 PM EST, 30 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 415 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2015 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-101200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-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- 415 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT... WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK EXCEPT FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...AND FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...PRIMARILY DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BELOW HALF A MILE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ032-033-101200- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- 415 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 9, 7:44 AM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 744 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2015 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-091400- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC 744 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2015 A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS DETECTED BY RADAR OVER THE BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD HILLS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO JUST OCCASIONAL FLURRIES BY 9 AM. AN ADDITIONAL DUSTING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM BUT ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jan 9, 12:21 PM EST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1221 PM EST FRI JAN 9 2015
NYZ033-038>041-047>050-082-091815-
HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-SOUTHERN FULTON NY-
NORTHERN FULTON NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
1221 PM EST FRI JAN 9 2015
...A LINE OF SNOW SQUALLS IN HAMILTON...MONTGOMERY...SCHOHARIE...
FULTON...HERKIMER...SCHENECTADY AND SARATOGA COUNTIES...
AT 1210 PM EST...SNOW SQUALLS WERE DETECTED BY RADAR. THESE SNOW
SQUALLS WERELOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STRATFORD TO
JORDANVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LITTLE FALLS TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF ILION...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE NEAR...
ST. JOHNSVILLE AND CAROGA LAKE BY 1230 PM EST
CAROGA LAKE PUBLIC CAMPGROUND BY 1235 PM EST
FORT PLAIN AND EPHRATAH BY 1240 PM EST
GLOVERSVILLE...CANAJOHARIE AND AMES BY 1250 PM EST
CRANBERRY CREEK AND SHARON SPRINGS BY 1255 PM EST
SNOW SQUALLS PRODUCING A 15 TO 30 MINUTE PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AND
NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS
OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE...BUT THE SEVERITY OF THE SNOW SQUALLS WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
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LAT...LON 4289 7508 4329 7461 4308 7376 4263 7429
4273 7467 4283 7466 4289 7487 4284 7488
4282 7492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 289DEG 26KT 4319 7455 4288 7493
NYSDOT VMS BOARDS AFFECTED...
VMS-62Special weather statement, Jan 9, 1:13 PM EST, 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 |
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| Jan 9, 12:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 54 min |
| Jan 9, 1:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie | 43 min |
| Jan 9, 1:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 62 min |
| Jan 9, 2:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 16 min |
| Jan 9, 2:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 29 min |
| Jan 9, 2:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 23 min |
| Jan 9, 2:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 28 min |
| Jan 9, 2:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 21 min |
| Jan 9, 2:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 31 min |
| Jan 9, 1:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 52 min |
| Jan 9, 6:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 51 min |
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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.