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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 7, 2017Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT for Warren County, New York. It was in force for 60 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 7, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2017, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.

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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: 1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -19 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 7, 4:03 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 4:03 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:19 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
148 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

NYZ038-071845-
Southern Herkimer-
148 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

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

At 148 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Frankfort, or
near Ilion, moving east at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

This storm will be near...
  Ilion and Frankfort around 205 PM EDT.
  Herkimer and Mohawk around 215 PM EDT.
  Middleville around 230 PM EDT.
  Little Falls and Dolgeville around 245 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Ingham Mills, Jersalem
Hill, West Frankfort, Spinnerville, Corrado Corners, Cedar Lake,
Curtis, Countryman, North Ilion and Gulph.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4314 7514 4321 7475 4311 7476 4311 7477
      4308 7477 4305 7476 4290 7477 4289 7484
      4290 7488 4288 7488 4286 7499 4291 7510
      4286 7514 4286 7521 4292 7520 4305 7522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 258DEG 13KT 4301 7514

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:28 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:30 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
Jul 7, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	36 min
Jul 7, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	59 min
Jul 7, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Oneida	57 min
Jul 7, 2:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	6 hr
Jul 7, 2:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Warren	6 hr
Jul 7, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	67 min
Jul 7, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	63 min
Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	48 min
Jul 7, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	62 min
Jul 7, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	57 min
Jul 7, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	59 min
Jul 7, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	57 min
Jul 7, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	53 min
Jul 7, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	66 min
Jul 7, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia, Greene	64 min
Jul 7, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	57 min
Jul 7, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	55 min
Jul 7, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	60 min
Jul 7, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	65 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.