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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 9, 2016Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2016, 12:39 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 9, 2016, 12:39 PM EDT (16:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2016, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-09Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 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 Jul 9, 10:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 10:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 4:44 AM EDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
444 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ041>043-049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-083-
084-VTZ013>015-101100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
444 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE CAPITAL REGION...LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...TACONICS...AND MID HUDSON VALLEY OF EAST
CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO
EAST AT 3O TO 35 MPH.

ANY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ032-033-038>040-047-048-051-058-063-082-101100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-
444 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN
ADIRONDACKS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN
CATSKILLS AND HELDERBERGS OF EASTERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF
58 MPH OR GREATER AND OR LARGE HAIL STONES OF 1 INCH DIAMETER OR
GREATER. THE STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST AT 30 TO
35 MPH.

ADDITIONALLY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TODAY INTO TONIGHT
WHICH MAY PRODUCE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess63 min
Jul 8, 9:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYUlster117 min
Jul 8, 10:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYUlster3 hr
Jul 9, 10:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie39 min
Jul 9, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie61 min
Jul 9, 11:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSchoharie3 hr
Jul 9, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer55 min
Jul 9, 12:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton56 min
Jul 9, 12:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYLewis55 min
Jul 9, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady38 min
Jul 9, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer44 min
Jul 9, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego44 min
Jul 9, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery, Schoharie50 min
Jul 9, 4:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHamilton, Herkimer3 hr
Jul 9, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany, Schenectady47 min
Jul 9, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster48 min
Jul 9, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess27 min
Jul 9, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington, Windham51 min
Jul 9, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham35 min
Jul 9, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham56 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.