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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 20, 2016Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2016, 11:21 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 20, 2016, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

649 
WWUS81 KALY 210321
SPSALY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1121 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

NYZ032-033-210345-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
1121 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HERKIMER AND
WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 1120 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR OLD FORGE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MCKEEVER TO NEAR HIGHMARKET. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPECULATOR...OLD FORGE...INLET...LEWEY LAKE CAMPGROUND...
LIMEKILN LAKE CAMPGROUND...EIGHTH LAKE CAMPGROUND...MCKEEVER...
EAGLE BAY...NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND...ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...
SAGAMORE LAKE...MINNEHAHA...WEST CANADA LAKES...FIRST LAKE...
CASWELL LAKE...KAMP KILL KARE...ATWELL...THENDARA...
HERKIMER LANDING AND MOUNTAIN LODGE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER. 

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4377 7493 4381 7438 4364 7434 4353 7468
      4344 7509 4372 7512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 292DEG 37KT 4375 7496 4366 7523 4354 7545 

$$

JPV/OKEEFE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 10:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer55 min
Jun 20, 11:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton45 min
Jun 20, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton, Herkimer43 min
Jun 21, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer53 min
Jun 21, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida30 min
Jun 21, 12:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton33 min
Jun 21, 12:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton, Saratoga49 min
Jun 21, 1:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga35 min
Jun 21, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie30 min
Jun 21, 2:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie26 min
Jun 21, 2:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Schoharie38 min
Jun 21, 2:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany33 min
Jun 21, 2:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer62 min
Jun 21, 3:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia40 min
Jun 21, 3:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia36 min
Jun 21, 1:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington, Windham33 min
Jun 21, 2:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington, Windham50 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.