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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
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.
- 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
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 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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</html>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/GJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 8 min |
| Jun 12, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 48 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.