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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 12, 2015Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 12, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2015-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 Jun 12, 1:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:19 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
319 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-131100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-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-
319 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

...TORNADO WATCH 292 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS
WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS OR
ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-131100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
319 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM APPROACHES AND MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING
IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS OR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.
STORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
400 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

NYZ063-122045-
WESTERN ULSTER-
400 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL ULSTER COUNTY...

AT 400 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WOODRIDGE...OR 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLENVILLE AND NAPANOCH AROUND 420 PM EDT.
  KERHONKSON AROUND 425 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE PATAUKUNK...ULSTER
HEIGHTS...POTTERVILLE...LIEBHARDT...AWOSTING...RIGGSVILLE...
CRAWFORD...MILL HOOK...LACKAWACK AND HONK HILL.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4165 7441 4174 7457 4186 7447 4192 7417
      4163 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 252DEG 27KT 4173 7458

JPV/GJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster63 min
Jun 12, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster35 min
Jun 12, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego33 min
Jun 12, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer59 min
Jun 12, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton64 min
Jun 12, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery32 min
Jun 12, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie58 min
Jun 12, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie38 min
Jun 12, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery52 min
Jun 12, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningALYAlbany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie46 min
Jun 12, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer41 min
Jun 12, 7:03 PM EDTTornado WarningALYHerkimer8 min
Jun 12, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady58 min
Jun 12, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie47 min
Jun 12, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton30 min
Jun 12, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery26 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton48 min

Nearby

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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.