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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2015, 3:25 PM EDT for Warren County, New York. It was in force for 50 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 15, 2015, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
County Warren County, NY
The radar
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The text
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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 15, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 509 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 CTZ001-013-NYZ049-050-052-053-059-060-064>066-160915- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 509 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND HUDSON VALLEY EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK INCLUDING THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND GREATER CAPITAL REGION...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY RIGHT IN THE CAPITAL REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES FORM WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AT ONLY ABOUT 15 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE...WHICH COMBINES THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY...COULD APPROACH OR EVEN EXCEED 100 DEGREES IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND EVEN GREATER CAPITAL REGION ON MONDAY. IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN...HEAT ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-054-058-061-063-082>084- VTZ013>015-160915- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 509 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EXCLUDING THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND CAPITAL REGION AS WELL AS SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES FORM WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AT ONLY ABOUT 15 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 127 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 NYZ049-050-052-053-151815- EASTERN ALBANY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- 127 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ALBANY... SOUTHEASTERN SCHENECTADY...NORTHWESTERN RENSSELAER AND SOUTHEASTERN SARATOGA COUNTIES... AT 126 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER NISKAYUNA...OR OVER SCHENECTADY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALBANY...SCHENECTADY...TROY...CLIFTON PARK...ROTTERDAM...COHOES... WATERVLIET...COLONIE...MECHANICVILLE...LATHAM...NISKAYUNA...GREEN ISLAND...WATERFORD...ALPLAUS...EAST GLENVILLE...HALFMOON...VERDOY... STANFORD HEIGHTS...CRESCENT AND STOODLEY CORNERS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 890 NEAR MILE MARKER 7. INTERSTATE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 8-8A...NEAR MILE MARKER 4...NEAR MILE MARKER 9-10...NEAR MILE MARKER 8A ...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8-9 AND 9. INTERSTATE 787 MILE MARKER 9W AND NEAR MILE MARKER 8-7. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. 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. 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 4270 7393 4288 7395 4291 7366 4272 7365 TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 264DEG 12KT 4280 7387 IRL
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
324 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015
NYZ040-047-048-152015-
MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
324 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...
NORTHERN SCHOHARIE AND SOUTHWESTERN SCHENECTADY COUNTIES...
AT 323 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SHARON
SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANAJOHARIE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COBLESKILL...CANAJOHARIE...FONDA...SCHOHARIE...RICHMONDVILLE...SHARON
SPRINGS...DELANSON...AMES...CENTRAL BRIDGE...GLEN...CARLISLE...
SHARON...SEWARD...CHARLESTON...FULTONVILLE...PALATINE BRIDGE...
ESPERANCE...SLOANSVILLE...WEST RICHMONDVILLE AND KILMARTIN CORNERS.
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 4298 7435 4275 7418 4249 7452 4271 7466
4271 7465 4274 7467 4279 7467 4283 7465
4286 7475 4287 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 250DEG 22KT 4281 7465
KLSpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 3:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 1:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 112 min |
| Aug 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 67 min |
| Aug 15, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 4:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 16 min |
| Aug 15, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.