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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
- 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
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/OKEEFEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 12:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 1:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 2:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Schoharie | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 2:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 3:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 3:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 1:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 2:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 50 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.