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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 4, 2015Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2015, 3:59 AM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 31 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 4, 2015, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2015, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Berkshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 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 4, 2:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 1:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1018 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

VTZ013>015-040245-
BENNINGTON-EASTERN WINDHAM-WESTERN WINDHAM-
1018 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL BENNINGTON AND
NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...

AT 1016 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER STRATTON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLOWS FALLS...TOWNSHEND...STRATTON...CHARLESTOWN...SAXTONS RIVER...
WEST WARDSBORO...WINDHAM...ROCKINGHAM...JAMAICA...WARDSBORO...
GRAFTON...ATHENS...NORTH WESTMINSTER...WEST JAMAICA...BARTONSVILLE...
SOUTH LONDONDERRY...RAWSONVILLE...LAWRENCE FOUR CORNERS...PODUNK AND
STRATTON MOUNTAIN.

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

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 4310 7244 4292 7295 4308 7309 4324 7277
      4322 7269 4324 7257 4323 7243 4315 7246
      4312 7243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 260DEG 31KT 4304 7297

WASULA

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1032 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

NYZ039-041-050-082-040300-
NORTHERN FULTON-NORTHERN SARATOGA-SOUTHERN FULTON-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
1032 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SARATOGA AND
EASTERN FULTON COUNTIES...

AT 1030 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MAYFIELD...OR NEAR
GLOVERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...BROADALBIN...EDINBURG...NORTHVILLE...
MAYFIELD...NORTHAMPTON BEACH PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...CRANBERRY CREEK...
KINGS...MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENFIELD...BERKSHIRE...BLEECKER...SMITHS
CORNERS...FAIRCHILDS CORNERS...KINGSBORO...SKY RANCH...JACKSON
SUMMIT...MUNSONVILLE AND SOUTH GREENFIELD.

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

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 4323 7433 4322 7432 4322 7422 4325 7422
      4325 7414 4326 7414 4331 7389 4309 7383
      4303 7439 4321 7443
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 260DEG 30KT 4314 7430

WASULA

Local storm report, Aug 3, 10:47 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:59 AM 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, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	46 min
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, 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

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.