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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 4, 2017Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2017, 10:23 AM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 37 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
Aug 4, 2017, 10:23 AM EDT (14:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Aug 4, 6:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 6:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 10:23 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
1023 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017

NYZ064>066-041500-
Eastern Dutchess-Western Dutchess-Eastern Ulster-
1023 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL ULSTER AND
DUTCHESS COUNTIES...

At 1022 AM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Tillson to Fairview to near Myers
Corner. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.

These storms will be near...
  Pleasant Valley and High Falls around 1030 AM EDT.
  Port Ewen and Staatsburg around 1045 AM EDT.
  Kingston, Millbrook and Wingdale around 1050 AM EDT.
  Rhinebeck, Stanfordville and Lake Katrine around 1055 AM EDT.
  Amenia, Red Hook, Dover Plains and Saugerties South around 1100 AM
  EDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include Rolling Meadows,
Salt Point, Norrie Heights, Maple Hill, Atwood, Beekman, Lithgow,
Hoxie Corner, Linden Acres and Hillside.

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

LAT...LON 4150 7388 4167 7396 4179 7420 4190 7416
      4208 7396 4191 7357 4182 7351 4165 7352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 230DEG 22KT 4182 7411 4173 7388 4163 7382

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton45 min
Aug 3, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia46 min
Aug 4, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer42 min
Aug 4, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton41 min
Aug 4, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga39 min
Aug 4, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton, Herkimer55 min
Aug 4, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga67 min
Aug 4, 3:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Saratoga116 min
Aug 4, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga, Warren56 min
Aug 4, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene48 min
Aug 4, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga35 min
Aug 4, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton48 min
Aug 4, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer56 min
Aug 4, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington52 min
Aug 4, 4:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYFulton, Saratoga119 min
Aug 4, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene41 min
Aug 4, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Warren, Washington55 min
Aug 4, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren46 min
Aug 4, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton57 min
Aug 4, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany47 min
Aug 4, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton44 min
Aug 4, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton38 min
Aug 4, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton, Montgomery51 min
Aug 4, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer38 min
Aug 4, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton43 min
Aug 4, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer58 min
Aug 4, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren53 min
Aug 3, 8:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYWindham3 hr
Aug 3, 8:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBennington, Windham3 hr
Aug 4, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire30 min
Aug 4, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY47 min
Aug 4, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY29 min
Aug 4, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY24 min
Aug 4, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY64 min
Aug 4, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY43 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.