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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 19, 2017Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2017, 11:18 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 57 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 19, 2017, 11:18 PM EDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2017, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-p

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: 149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 19, 10:38 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 10:38 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 4:35 PM EDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
435 PM EDT Sat Aug 19 2017

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-201100-
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-
435 PM EDT Sat Aug 19 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts, east central New York, eastern New York and
southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a chance for thunderstorms tonight, mainly this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

There is a chance for thunderstorms Tuesday and Tuesday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 7:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
722 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017

NYZ047-200015-
Schoharie-
722 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SCHOHARIE COUNTY...

At 722 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Schenevus, or
12 miles southeast of Cooperstown, moving east at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

This storm will be near...
  Jefferson around 740 PM EDT.
  Summit and Richmondville around 745 PM EDT.
  Cobleskill, Breakabeen and North Blenheim around 755 PM EDT.
  Middleburgh, Schoharie and Livingstonville around 805 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Zeh Corners, Beekman
Corners, West Richmondville, Baird Corners, Seward, Rockwell Corners,
Huntersland, Warnerville, Carlisle and Gardnersville.

THIS INCLUDES Interstate 88 between exits 19 and 23.

LAT...LON 4262 7463 4283 7465 4277 7446 4279 7426
      4275 7431 4272 7428 4271 7420 4272 7417
      4262 7419 4257 7424 4251 7422 4236 7428
      4236 7436 4237 7438 4236 7444 4240 7457
      4243 7462 4252 7471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 262DEG 32KT 4254 7483

DBT

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
812 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017

NYZ047-051-052-200115-
Eastern Albany-Schoharie-Western Albany-
812 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALBANY AND SOUTHEASTERN
SCHOHARIE COUNTIES...

At 812 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Middleburgh, or
12 miles southeast of Cobleskill, moving east at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

This storm will be near...
  Berne around 825 PM EDT.
  Westerlo and Altamont around 835 PM EDT.
  Voorheesville around 845 PM EDT.
  Albany, Guilderland and Feura Bush around 850 PM EDT.
  Colonie, Delmar and Selkirk around 855 PM EDT.
  Loudonville around 900 PM EDT.
  Watervliet, Latham and Menands around 905 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Coeymans Hollow,
Shakers, Bleecker Stadium, Clarksville, East Berne, Shoefelt Corners,
West Berne, Huntersland, Spawn Hollow and Dormansville.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 Interstate 90 between exits 5 and 1s, and between exits 2 and 6-5A.
 Interstate 87 between exits 1 and 6, near exit 4, and between exits
2-4 and 4-5.
 Interstate 787 between exits 2 and 7W, and between exits 1 and 9W,
and near exit 8-7.

LAT...LON 4266 7441 4279 7371 4278 7369 4278 7368
      4270 7370 4265 7375 4262 7376 4256 7375
      4253 7376 4249 7378 4246 7378 4245 7385
      4246 7437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 262DEG 28KT 4258 7428

DBT

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
830 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017

NYZ058-059-063-064-200130-
Western Ulster-Eastern Greene-Western Greene-Eastern Ulster-
830 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ULSTER AND
GREENE COUNTIES...

At 829 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Roxbury to near Arkville to near
Hazel. Movement was east at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with these storms.

These storms will be near...
  Prattsville around 850 PM EDT.
  Hunter and Windham around 905 PM EDT.
  Woodland Valley Campground around 915 PM EDT.
  West Shokan, North-South Lake Campground and Phoenicia around 920
  PM EDT.
  Mount Tremper, Olivebridge and Lanesville around 925 PM EDT.
  Catskill, Woodstock, Coxsackie, Kenneth L Wilson Campground and
  West Hurley around 930 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include West Settlement,
Glenford, Manorville, North Lexington, Katsbaan, Shultis Corners,
Sweet Meadows, Pacama, Brodhead and Otter Hook.

LAT...LON 4212 7456 4215 7453 4217 7445 4220 7454
      4236 7444 4237 7438 4236 7434 4236 7429
      4238 7425 4241 7425 4246 7382 4239 7379
      4227 7379 4223 7385 4220 7385 4217 7389
      4211 7392 4192 7412 4191 7454 4202 7478
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 263DEG 29KT 4230 7463 4221 7461 4197 7485

DBT

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 9:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 11:18 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
Aug 19, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	63 min
Aug 19, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene, Ulster	60 min
Aug 19, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	58 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.