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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 13, 2017Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2017, 2:50 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 40 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 13, 2017, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2017, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.

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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: 1906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 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 13, 2:16 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:16 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:47 AM EDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
447 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2017

NYZ032-033-038>043-048>050-082>084-VTZ013>015-141100-
Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-Southern Fulton-
Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren-Northern Washington-
Western Schenectady-Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-
Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren-Southern Washington-Bennington-
Western Windham-Eastern Windham-
447 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Herkimer, Hamilton, Fulton,
Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and Washington counties in
east central and eastern New York and southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

There is a slight to low chance of a non-severe thunderstorm this
morning into this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a chance for thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ047-051>054-058>061-063>066-141100-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-
Southern Berkshire-Schoharie-Western Albany-Eastern Albany-
Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-
Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-
Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-
447 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts and Ulster, Greene, Schoharie, Albany,
Rensselaer, Columbia and Dutchess counties in eastern and east
central New York.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

There is a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. The Storm
Prediction Center has placed the region in a marginal risk for
severe thunderstorms, with the main threat being gusty winds. Heavy
rainfall is also possible with any thunderstorm, which may lead to
minor flooding of urban and poor drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a chance for thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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 13, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	35 min
Jun 13, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	67 min
Jun 13, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	67 min
Jun 13, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	46 min
Jun 13, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	38 min
Jun 13, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	60 min
Jun 13, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	38 min
Jun 13, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	59 min
Jun 13, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	67 min
Jun 13, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	23 min
Jun 13, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	2 hr
Jun 13, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	35 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	26 min
Jun 13, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	49 min
Jun 13, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington, Windham	58 min
Jun 13, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington, Windham	56 min
Jun 13, 4:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	2 hr
Jun 13, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	27 min
Jun 13, 2:27 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	4 hr
Jun 13, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		28 min
Jun 13, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		24 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		50 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.