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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 3, 2015Schenectady County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2015, 8:14 PM EDT for Schenectady County, New York. It was in force for 46 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: Aug 3, 2015, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Schenectady County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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.

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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: 456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 Aug 3, 7:54 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 7:54 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
655 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-041100-
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-
655 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED MAINLY NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN PONDING
ON AREA ROADWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT WITH THE LOSS
OF SUNSHINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
701 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

VTZ013-032330-
BENNINGTON-
701 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BENNINGTON COUNTY...

AT 701 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR DORSET...OR NEAR
MANCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DORSET AND MANCHESTER CENTER AROUND 710 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SANDGATE...RUPERT...
WEST RUPERT...BEARTOWN...PERU TOWN CENTER...WEST ARLINGTON...SOUTH
DORSET...BROMLEY VILLAGE...MANCHESTER DEPOT AND EAST RUPERT.

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.

LAT...LON 4326 7285 4325 7285 4308 7323 4327 7325
      4331 7319 4330 7299 4329 7299 4329 7298
      4330 7297 4330 7282 4326 7282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 228DEG 32KT 4320 7316

JPV

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:23 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
723 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

NYZ038-040-040000-
MONTGOMERY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
723 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN MONTGOMERY AND
SOUTHEASTERN HERKIMER COUNTIES...

AT 723 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ST. JOHNSVILLE...OR 8
MILES WEST OF CANAJOHARIE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT PLAIN AROUND 730 PM EDT.
  CANAJOHARIE AND AMES AROUND 735 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE RIPPLE CORNERS...
KEESLER CORNERS...MARSHVILLE...SAINT JOHNSVILLE...FREYSBUSH...STONE
ARABIA...NEWVILLE...MCKINLEY...BERRYVILLE AND ROOT CENTER.

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.

LAT...LON 4301 7484 4298 7440 4281 7437 4284 7468
      4288 7482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 266DEG 33KT 4294 7474

JPV

Local storm report, Aug 3, 8:07 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 8:09 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 8:12 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 8:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	51 min
Aug 3, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery, Schoharie	33 min
Aug 3, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	28 min
Aug 3, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	39 min
Aug 3, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	45 min
Aug 4, 11:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	32 min
Aug 4, 12:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	25 min
Aug 4, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	46 min
Aug 4, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	27 min
Aug 4, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	35 min
Aug 4, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	51 min
Aug 4, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	24 min
Aug 4, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	26 min
Aug 4, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	42 min
Aug 4, 6:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	3 hr
Aug 3, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	27 min
Aug 4, 3:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	31 min
Aug 4, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	19 min
Aug 4, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	29 min
Aug 4, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	26 min
Aug 4, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	49 min
Aug 4, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		46 min

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Sources

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