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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT for Herkimer 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
- Jul 13, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
County Herkimer County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 13, 3:51 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:51 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:59 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 359 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-141100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN 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-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 359 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MINOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. THE COMBINATION OF VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO PERHAPS UPPER 90S WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SHOULD HIGHER VALUES OCCUR AND EXCEED 100...A HEAT ADVISORY WOULD BE ISSUED. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:58 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 358 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 NYZ032-033-132030- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- 358 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HERKIMER AND WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTIES... AT 358 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF BIG MOOSE...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLD FORGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...LITTLE RAPIDS...KEEPAWA...WOODS LAKE... CARTER STATION...BRANDRETH...MOSHIER FALLS...RUSSIAN LAKE... LYON LAKE...PARTLOW AND BEAVER RIVER. 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 4404 7480 4378 7470 4373 7512 4393 7515 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 254DEG 26KT 4383 7517 JSQ
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 415 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 NYZ032-033-132045- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- 415 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HERKIMER AND WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTIES... AT 415 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF OLD FORGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLD FORGE...INLET...LIMEKILN LAKE CAMPGROUND... NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND...EIGHTH LAKE CAMPGROUND... ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...EAGLE BAY...ATWELL... MOUNTAIN LODGE...WOLF LAKE LANDING...FIRST LAKE AND RUSSIAN 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. PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 4348 7492 4361 7509 4385 7481 4365 7455 TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 226DEG 27KT 4361 7493 JSQ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 13, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 28 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.