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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2015, 3:59 PM EDT. 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 4, 2015, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2015, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 86 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Aug 4, 1:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 12:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1230 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015 MAZ001-025-NYZ041>043-048>054-058>061-083-084-VTZ013>015-051100- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 1230 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK INCLUDING THE CAPITAL REGION...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND THE HELDERBERGS. .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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ001-013-NYZ032-033-038>040-047-063>066-082-051100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- NORTHERN FULTON- 1230 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK OF ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...MOHAWK VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE ADIRONDACKS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND OR SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
241 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM HAIL 1 S EGREMONT PLAIN 42.17N 73.41W
08/04/2015 E1.00 INCH BERKSHIRE MA LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1500240
BEWLocal storm report, Aug 4, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
254 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E POOLSBURG 42.44N 73.75W
08/04/2015 COLUMBIA NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
NY 9J CLOSED WITH TREES AND WIRES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1500241
BEWLocal storm report, Aug 4, 3:04 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
304 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1227 PM HAIL SCHODACK CENTER 42.55N 73.68W
08/04/2015 E1.00 INCH RENSSELAER NY FACEBOOK
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1500242
BEWSpecial weather statement, Aug 4, 3:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
359 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015
CTZ001-MAZ025-NYZ061-066-042045-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN
COLUMBIA-
359 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LITCHFIELD...
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE...NORTHEASTERN DUTCHESS AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA
COUNTIES...
AT 358 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ASHLEY FALLS...OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BARRINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREAT BARRINGTON...COPAKE...SHEFFIELD...OTIS...CANAAN...BLANDFORD...
MILLERTON...SANDISFIELD...TOLLAND...ASHLEY FALLS...SALISBURY...NEW
MARLBOROUGH...MONTEREY...KONKAPOT...FREE QUARTER...MOUNT RIGA...
COPAKE FALLS...CANAAN VALLEY...EAST OTIS AND SOUTH SANDISFIELD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED 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 4215 7303 4215 7307 4212 7306 4211 7307
4209 7307 4207 7306 4204 7306 4204 7303
4191 7356 4209 7362 4230 7300 4225 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 249DEG 55KT 4206 7343
LFM/SNDThe 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, 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 |
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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.