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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 1, 2015Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2015, 12:13 AM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 62 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 1, 2015, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2015, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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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 30, 10:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 10:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:41 PM EDT, 7 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
441 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-011100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
441 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...AS WELL AS
SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

THERE IS AN ISOLATED THREAT THAT A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BE SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:13 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1213 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

NYZ063>065-010515-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
1213 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ULSTER COUNTY...

AT 1212 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ELLENVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...ELLENVILLE...HURLEY...OLIVEBRIDGE...
KERHONKSON...STAATSBURG...TILLSON...PORT EWEN...CRAWFORD...ESOPUS...
ROSENDALE...GARDINER...MARBLETOWN...PATAUKUNK...LIBERTYVILLE...
TUTHILLTOWN...OHIOVILLE...GALEVILLE AND SPRINGTOWN.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4162 7439 4164 7439 4166 7443 4201 7416
      4185 7388 4160 7421 4160 7425 4163 7425
      4163 7428 4162 7429 4160 7433 4160 7435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 217DEG 25KT 4170 7427

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 11:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	3 hr
Jul 1, 12:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	3 hr
Jul 1, 12:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	61 min
Jul 1, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	47 min
Jul 1, 2:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer	3 hr
Jul 1, 2:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	40 min
Jul 1, 3:03 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster	5 hr
Jul 1, 3:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	6 hr
Jul 1, 4:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	39 min
Jul 1, 4:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	43 min
Jul 1, 5:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer	3 hr
Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	30 min
Jul 1, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga	40 min
Jul 1, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	24 min
Jul 1, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	31 min
Jul 1, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	54 min
Jul 1, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington, Windham	64 min
Jul 1, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	9 min
Jul 1, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	23 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	31 min
Jul 1, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	36 min
Jul 1, 5:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	31 min
Jul 1, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	25 min
Jul 1, 5:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		50 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.