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Heat Advisory 13, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this heat advisory at Sep 3, 2018, 3:49 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Sep 4, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 2018, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 4, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Sep 3, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 412 AM EDT Mon Sep 3 2018 CTZ001-013-NYZ038>041-043-048>050-052-053-059-060-064>066-083-084- 041200- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Southern Herkimer- Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Washington- Western Schenectady-Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga- Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia- Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-Southeast Warren- Southern Washington- 412 AM EDT Mon Sep 3 2018 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut and the Mohawk River Valley, Greater Capital Region, mid Hudson Valley, southern Taconics, and Lake George Saratoga region in east central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. There is a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening mainly north of the mid Hudson Valley and northwestern Connecticut. An isolated storm or two may produce strong to marginally severe wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Heat index values may reach the mid 90s to lower 100s in the afternoon and early evening Tuesday through Thursday. Heat Advisories may be needed. There is a chance of thunderstorms on Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-042-047-051-054-058-061-063-082-VTZ013>015- 041200- Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire-Northern Herkimer-Hamilton- Northern Warren-Schoharie-Western Albany-Eastern Rensselaer- Western Greene-Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Northern Fulton- Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham- 412 AM EDT Mon Sep 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Massachusetts, the central and northern Taconics, southern Adirondacks, eastern Catskills, Schoharie Valley, and Helderbergs of east central New York, and southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. It will be very warm today with heat indices reaching the mid-80s to low 90s. There is also a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. An isolated storm or two may produce strong to marginally severe wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. It will continue to be very warm Tuesday into Thursday with heat indices reaching the mid-80s to low 90s. There is a chance of thunderstorms on Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 63 min |
| Sep 3, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 53 min |
| Sep 3, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 63 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.