Alert archive / Massachusetts / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2017, 4:16 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 29 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 20, 2017, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
County Berkshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 71 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 20, 2:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
416 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2017
MAZ001-025-202045-
Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire-
416 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BERKSHIRE COUNTY...
At 415 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Middlefield, or
7 miles east of Pittsfield, moving east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.
This storm will be near...
Becket around 425 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this storm include Barkerville, Windsor,
Washington, New Lenox, Lakeview Terrace, Berkshire, The Boulders, The
Center At Lenox, Dalton and Adams Junction.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4239 7301 4238 7301 4239 7306 4238 7307
4233 7306 4231 7303 4231 7300 4228 7300
4240 7335 4256 7330 4251 7298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 289DEG 27KT 4244 7311
BGMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Putnam | 51 min |
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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.