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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 9, 2016Montgomery County, Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2016, 4:10 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2016, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

Counties Montgomery County, NY, Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 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, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 4:44 AM EDT, 11 hours 26 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

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
109 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NYZ054-084-VTZ013>015-091800-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN RENSSELAER-BENNINGTON-EASTERN
WINDHAM-WESTERN WINDHAM-
109 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RENSSELAER... CENTRAL
BENNINGTON AND NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...

AT 108 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENNINGTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENNINGTON...HOOSICK FALLS...ARLINGTON...TOWNSHEND...STRATTON...
SHAFTSBURY...NEWFANE...WEST WARDSBORO...WHITE CREEK...
NORTH BENNINGTON...DOVER...JAMAICA...WARDSBORO...WOODFORD...PERU...
OLD BENNINGTON...SEARSBURG...GLASTENBURY...SOMERSET AND EAST HOOSICK.

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

LAT...LON 4280 7327 4295 7339 4323 7290 4296 7252
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 240DEG 35KT 4290 7324

O'KEEFE

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:10 PM EDT, 2 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
210 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

VTZ014-015-091845-
EASTERN WINDHAM-WESTERN WINDHAM-
210 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY...

AT 210 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TOWNSHEND...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLOWS FALLS...TOWNSHEND...CHARLESTOWN...PUTNEY...WESTMORELAND...
SAXTONS RIVER...WESTMINSTER...ROCKINGHAM...GRAFTON...BROOKLINE...
ATHENS...NORTH WESTMINSTER...BARTONSVILLE...DUMMERSTON CENTER...
CAMBRIDGEPORT...HARMONYVILLE...SIMPSONVILLE...TOWNSHEND DAM...
EAST PUTNEY AND WESTMINSTER WEST.

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

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 4311 7244 4308 7244 4305 7247 4302 7246
      4300 7244 4300 7246 4298 7246 4297 7247
      4296 7252 4295 7253 4294 7253 4293 7259
      4306 7272 4324 7254 4323 7243 4315 7246
      4312 7243
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 240DEG 34KT 4303 7262

O'KEEFE

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
301 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NYZ032-038-091945-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
301 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY...

AT 301 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHWOOD...OR
12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OHIO...NORTHWOOD...WHEELERTOWN...WILMURT...GRANT...WILMURT CORNERS...
NOBLEBORO...ATWELL...NORTH WILMURT...PARDEEVILLE CORNERS...
WOODIN CORNERS AND FIRST LAKE.

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

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 4330 7515 4330 7512 4332 7510 4333 7508
      4351 7510 4361 7494 4343 7481 4334 7487
      4332 7483 4326 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 247DEG 17KT 4341 7511

O'KEEFE

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:31 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
331 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NYZ038-092015-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
331 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...

AT 330 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CEDARVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF ILION...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...CEDARVILLE...
JORDANVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...WARREN...YOUNGS CROSSING...
FINK BASIN...VAN HORNESVILLE...DECK...DAYS CORNERS...
BIRMINGHAM CORNERS...CORRADO CORNERS...STEWART CORNERS...
MANHEIM CENTER...JACKSONBURG AND KINGDOM.

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

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 4305 7478 4291 7475 4287 7476 4290 7488
      4284 7489 4282 7491 4291 7510 4286 7514
      4286 7517 4305 7520
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 271DEG 23KT 4290 7504

ROK

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
410 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NYZ039-040-047-048-051-092100-
MONTGOMERY-SOUTHERN FULTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN
ALBANY-
410 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MONTGOMERY...SCHOHARIE
AND SOUTHWESTERN SCHENECTADY COUNTIES...

AT 409 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT PLAIN TO NEAR MIDDLEFIELD TO
NEAR WEST END. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMSTERDAM...COBLESKILL...CANAJOHARIE...FONDA...JEFFERSON...
DUANESBURG...FORT PLAIN...MIDDLEBURGH...HAGAMAN...SUMMIT...
STAMFORD...SCHOHARIE...RICHMONDVILLE...SHARON SPRINGS...
FORT JOHNSON...DELANSON...AMES...CENTRAL BRIDGE...
NORTH BLENHEIM AND TRIBES HILL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 23.

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

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 4292 7471 4301 7410 4298 7410 4268 7415
      4239 7453 4242 7462 4252 7471 4262 7463
      4274 7467 4279 7467 4283 7465 4286 7474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 255DEG 29KT 4292 7474 4267 7474 4245 7514

ROK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	63 min
Jul 8, 9:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	117 min
Jul 8, 10:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	3 hr
Jul 9, 10:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	39 min
Jul 9, 10:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	61 min
Jul 9, 11:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Schoharie	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	55 min
Jul 9, 12:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	56 min
Jul 9, 12:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Lewis	55 min
Jul 9, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	38 min
Jul 9, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	51 min
Jul 9, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	44 min
Jul 9, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	44 min
Jul 9, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	3 hr
Jul 9, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany, Schenectady	47 min
Jul 9, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	48 min
Jul 9, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	27 min
Jul 9, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington, Windham	51 min
Jul 9, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	35 min
Jul 9, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	56 min

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Sources

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