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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 21, 2016Oneida County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT for Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 30 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 21, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2016, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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°0°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

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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 Jun 20, 10:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 10:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 12:07 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1207 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

NYZ032-033-038>040-082-211100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN FULTON-
1207 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND
THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE REMAINS A
LOW PROBABILITY OF A STORM BEING SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND ANY REPORTS OF THUNDERSTORM WIND
DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ041>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-083-084-
VTZ013>015-211100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
1207 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN VERMONT....AND ALL
OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK EXCEPT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOHAWK
VALLEY AND THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...GUSTY WINDS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:21 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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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, 11:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton, Herkimer24 min
Jun 20, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton, Herkimer43 min
Jun 21, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer53 min
Jun 21, 12:42 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

Special Weather Statements in New York, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.