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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 28, 2016Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 12:02 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 43 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 28, 2016, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2016, 12:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 28, 11:20 AM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:20 AM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 4:25 AM EDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
425 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>065-082>084-VTZ013-
291100-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-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-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
425 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA
REGION...EASTERN CATSKILLS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...MID HUDSON
VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS OF EASTERN NEW
YORK...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...AND BENNINGTON COUNTY OF SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG A
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE PRIMARY THREAT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED...AND ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN ANY SLOW MOVING AND PERSISTENT
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY FOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF ALBANY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

CTZ001-013-MAZ025-NYZ066-VTZ014-015-291100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
425 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...AND
WINDHAM COUNTY OF SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. THERE
IS A MARGINAL RISK THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS THE PRIMARY THREAT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED...AND ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN ANY SLOW MOVING AND PERSISTENT
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY FOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL...ESPECIALLY FOR THE BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1202 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

NYZ032-033-038-281645-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
1202 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HERKIMER AND
SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 1202 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TRENTON
FALLS...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF UTICA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OHIO...POLAND...COLD BROOK...NORTHWOOD...RUSSIA...WILMURT...
BULL HILL...MOUNTAIN HOME...GRAY...CLOCKMILL CORNERS...
CASWELL LAKE...POWLEY PLACE...BLACK CREEK RESERVOIR...GRANT...
WILMURT CORNERS...NOBLEBORO...HERKIMER LANDING...HURRICANE...
PARDEEVILLE CORNERS AND MOREHOUSEVILLE.

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

LAT...LON 4330 7515 4330 7512 4333 7508 4338 7508
      4357 7472 4333 7454 4328 7469 4329 7471
      4327 7471 4319 7510 4322 7507 4324 7507
      4323 7510 4325 7513 4325 7515 4326 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 239DEG 41KT 4324 7514

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 12:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	58 min
Jun 28, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Oneida	40 min
Jun 28, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	42 min
Jun 28, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Warren	53 min
Jun 28, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	62 min
Jun 28, 2:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Herkimer	3 hr
Jun 28, 2:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Schenectady	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Schenectady	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton	58 min
Jun 28, 3:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	4 hr
Jun 28, 3:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Hamilton	3 hr
Jun 28, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 28, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	35 min
Jun 28, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	53 min
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	46 min
Jun 28, 5:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.