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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

January 10, 2016Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 10, 2016, 3:49 PM EST for Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 56 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
Jan 10, 2016, 3:49 PM EST (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2016, 4:45 PM EST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Rensselaer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 708 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
708 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
814 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Jan 10, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 10, 1:00 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
100 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016

MAZ001-NYZ053-054-084-VTZ013-014-101845-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN
RENSSELAER-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
100 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL BERKSHIRE...
RENSSELAER...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...BENNINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
WINDHAM COUNTIES...

AT 1258 PM EST...SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS WERE OVER BERLIN...OR 12
MILES WEST OF NORTH ADAMS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY...BENNINGTON...NORTH ADAMS...HOOSICK FALLS...ARLINGTON...
MANCHESTER...STRATTON...MONROE...WILLIAMSTOWN...SHAFTSBURY...
POWNAL...STEPHENTOWN...GRAFTON...BERLIN...WILMINGTON...CAMBRIDGE...
STAMFORD...READSBORO...HANCOCK AND NEW ASHFORD.

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

LAT...LON 4295 7266 4274 7299 4274 7302 4272 7302
      4250 7335 4251 7335 4250 7344 4271 7369
      4328 7315
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 215DEG 46KT 4266 7337

IRL
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 1:20 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
120 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016

NYZ084-VTZ013-101845-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
120 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016

...AN AREA OF GUSTY SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWESTERN BENNINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 120 PM EST...AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS WAS NEAR
ARLINGTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARLINGTON...SALEM...MANCHESTER...SHAFTSBURY...DORSET...CAMBRIDGE...
MANCHESTER CENTER...WHITE CREEK...NORTH BENNINGTON...SUNDERLAND...
RUPERT...SANDGATE...WEST SANDGATE...PAPER MILL VILLAGE...PETERS FOUR
CORNERS...MANCHESTER DEPOT...HIDDEN VALLEY...NORTH DORSET...FITCH
POINT AND TIPLADY.

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

LAT...LON 4289 7323 4292 7328 4294 7328 4294 7332
      4304 7347 4332 7325 4330 7299 4329 7299
      4329 7298 4330 7297 4330 7285
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 212DEG 45KT 4311 7324

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Special weather statement, Jan 10, 3:15 PM EST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
315 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016

NYZ058>061-063>066-102115-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN
DUTCHESS-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN
COLUMBIA-
315 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016

...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS
WILL TRACK THROUGH THE MID HUDSON VALLEY THROUGH 4 PM...

AT 311 PM EST...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLY A FEW RUMBLES OF
THUNDER WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRESTON
HOLLOW TO NEAR MONTGOMERY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POUGHKEEPSIE...KINGSTON...BEACON...NEW PALTZ...HUDSON...CATSKILL...
SAUGERTIES...RHINEBECK...PAWLING...CHATHAM...HUNTER...WALLKILL...HYDE
PARK...PLATTEKILL...PLEASANT VALLEY...HURLEY...CLAVERACK...
WOODSTOCK...WAPPINGERS FALLS AND AMENIA.

LAT...LON 4152 7400 4159 7396 4158 7405 4160 7407
      4162 7413 4158 7413 4160 7425 4163 7426
      4239 7418 4248 7340 4208 7352 4153 7356
      4149 7393 4144 7398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 266DEG 23KT 4238 7408 4151 7417
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 3:49 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
349 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016

NYZ041-049-050-052>054-084-102145-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-NORTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-SOUTHERN
SARATOGA-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
349 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016

...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL
TRACK THROUGH THE CAPITAL DISRICT...SARATOGA REGION AND CENTRAL
TACONICS THROUGH 5 PM...

AT 346 PM EST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SARATOGA SPRINGS TO RAVENA...AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBANY...TROY...CLIFTON PARK...SARATOGA SPRINGS...EAST GREENBUSH...
COHOES...WATERVLIET...RENSSELAER...COLONIE...MECHANICVILLE...HOOSICK
FALLS...NASSAU...SALEM...LATHAM...DELMAR...MILTON...BALLSTON SPA...
MENANDS...RAVENA AND STEPHENTOWN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 6-5A.
 INTERSTATE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 8-9 AND 9.
 INTERSTATE 787 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 8-7.

LAT...LON 4273 7330 4251 7337 4245 7389 4309 7386
      4318 7328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 254DEG 22KT 4305 7379 4247 7380

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 2:20 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer46 hr
Jan 10, 2:31 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady24 hr
Jan 10, 10:55 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYDutchess, Ulster8 hr
Jan 10, 1:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer45 min
Jan 10, 1:36 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYUlster3 hr
Jan 10, 3:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene60 min
Jan 10, 4:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia, Rensselaer, Washington61 min
Jan 10, 1:20 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington25 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.