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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 1, 2018Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2018, 8:03 PM EDT for Saratoga 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.

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Issued
Jun 1, 2018, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Saratoga County, NY

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NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 1, 6:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 6:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Albany NY
647 PM EDT Fri Jun 1 2018

.SYNOPSIS...
Scattered Showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy rain
are expected through this evening. A cold front will push
through the region tonight but could stall in the mid Hudson
Valley tomorrow. This continues the threat for a few showers
south and east of the Capital District on Saturday. Canadian
high pressure moves in Saturday afternoon and night leading to
an air mass change with more comfortable humidity levels for
Sunday.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of 615 PM EDT, isolated to scattered, mainly pulse-type
thunderstorms continue to develop and move across mainly
western and northern portions of the region. Temperatures have
warmed into the lower/mid 80s in many valley areas, and even
some higher elevations within the southern Adirondacks.
Temperatures are slightly cooler for areas south and east of the
Capital District, where clouds took longer to mix out.
Dewpoints are generally in the mid 60s to lower 70s, highest
within the Mohawk/Hudson River Valleys.

A slightly more organized cluster of thunderstorms across central
NYS was slowly moving east/southeast. The cold pool generated by
this cluster of storms may allow for the current cluster, or perhaps
a line segment of newer convection, to develop and propagate
southeast through sunset. This could affect areas mainly from the
Capital Region and points south and west during this time. Heavy
rain/frequent lightning will be the greatest hazards, although
localized strong wind gusts can not be ruled out.

The showers/thunderstorms should gradually weaken this evening with
the loss of diurnal heating and as the storms move farther away from
dynamical support. However, still can not rule out some locally
heavy rainfall within any storms.

Later this evening, showers should continue to decrease in areal
coverage. The main cold front will then settle southward across the
region after midnight. Patchy/areas of fog may form in any areas
cooled by afternoon/evening thunderstorms. Then as the front passes,
low clouds will likely form, and winds should shift into the
north/northeast and become gusty. In fact, some gusts of 25-30 mph
could occur across portions of the upper Hudson Valley/Lake George
region, enhanced by terrain/Lake Champlain.

Lows mainly in the lower/mid 60s, with some upper 50s across
northern areas.

For Saturday, the front should continue settling southward in the
morning. Winds will shift into the north/northeast, and may remain
gusty in close proximity to the Hudson River Valley. Some gusts
still could reach 25-30 mph. Clouds should gradually decrease for
areas north of I-90 later in the morning through afternoon. However,
for areas near and especially south of I-90, clouds will likely
persist much of the day, and some spotty showers will remain
possible, through midday closer to I-90, and until late afternoon
across the southeast Catskills/mid Hudson Valley and Litchfield
County CT.

Late day highs should reach the mid/upper 70s in valleys, with lower
70s across higher elevations. However, if clouds persist longer,
even cooler max temps could occur.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
A change in airmass is expected with cooler conditions for the
second half of the weekend into early next week. Mainly dry weather
is expected Saturday night and Sunday with rain moving in for Sunday
night and Monday.

High pressure will be across the region Saturday night into Sunday.
It will be noticeably cooler than recent days with lows Saturday
night in the 40s to upper 50s and highs on Sunday in the mid 60s to
mid 70s.

A cold front will be moving east from the eastern Great Lakes Sunday
night while a coastal low moves off the middle Atlantic coast. These
two systems will combine to give our forecast a wet end to the
weekend into early next week. Lows Sunday night will be in the 40s
with highs on Monday only in the mid 50s to lower 60s. QPF amounts
through Monday will generally be a quarter to half an inch.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
We start out with cooler than normal unsettled conditions as a
weakening frontal boundary slides slowly east across our forecast
area.  An area of low pressure well off Cape Cod will zap the energy
from this system as we head through mid-week, and severely limit the
potential for thunder.  The result will also be a gradually
lessening of precipitation amounts in showers until all is said and
done by late Wednesday.  The return of somewhat drier air and
sunshine with a gradual takeover by weak high pressure from the
center of the country will help return temperatures to near normal
by the end of the work week.

Overnight lows Monday night through Wednesday night will range from
the mid 40s to around 50 degrees, with mostly upper 40s and lower
50s Thursday night.  Daytime highs will range from mainly the mid
50s to upper 60s Tuesday and Wednesday, from around 60 degrees to
the lower 70s on Thursday, and from around 60 degrees in the highest
peaks...to the upper 70s in the Mid-Hudson Valley on Friday.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A cold front will slowly approach from the northwest this
and settle southward across the TAF sites tonight. Scattered
thunderstorms will be possible ahead of, and with the cold
front. High pressure will then build in from the north for
Saturday.

Scattered thunderstorms will develop from north to south this
through this evening. Since areal coverage is expected to
remain scattered, have only indicated VCSH at TAF sites at this
time. Brief periods of MVFR/IFR conditions will be possible
within any thunderstorms.

As the cold front moves through tonight, MVFR Cigs should
develop with and immediately behind the front. These Cigs should
lift back to VFR between 12Z-15Z/Sat.

Winds will become light/variable this evening, then shift into
the north to northeast in the wake of the cold front and
increase to 8-12 KT with some gusts up to/over 20 KT Saturday.

Winds will be stronger, and variable in direction in and near
any thunderstorms.

Outlook...

Saturday Night: No Operational Impact. NO SIG WX.
Sunday: Low Operational Impact. NO SIG WX.
Sunday Night: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA.
Monday: Moderate Operational Impact. Likely SHRA.
Monday Night: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA.
Tuesday: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA.
Tuesday Night: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA.
Wednesday: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Scattered Showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy rain
are expected through this evening. A cold front will push
through the region tonight but could stall in the mid Hudson
Valley tomorrow. This continues the threat for a few showers
south and east of the Capital District on Saturday. Canadian
high pressure moves in Saturday afternoon and night leading to
an air mass change with more comfortable humidity levels for
Sunday.

Relative humidity values will recover to 85 to 100 percent
tonight, drop to 35 to 60 percent on Saturday, recover to 65 to
90 percent Saturday night, and drop to 35 to 55 percent on
Sunday.

Winds will be light and variable tonight, become north at 5 to
15 mph on Saturday, northeast around 5 mph Saturday night, and
southeast at 5 to 10 mph on Sunday.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
While widespread main stem river flooding is not expected,
scattered slow moving thunderstorms this evening will have the
potential to produce some flooding of small streams and poorly
drained low lying areas as they produce rainfall amounts of up
to 3 inches with isolated amounts slightly higher.

More unsettled weather is expected from late in the weekend at
least through the middle of next week. Total qpf amounts of half
an inch to an inch will be common with isolated amounts up to 2
inches from Sunday night through Wednesday.

For details on specific area rivers and lakes, including observed
and forecast river stages and lake elevations, please visit the
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service /AHPS/ graphs on our
website.

&&

.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...None.
NY...None.
MA...None.
VT...None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...KL/11/Speciale
NEAR TERM...KL/11
SHORT TERM...11/Speciale
LONG TERM...ELH
AVIATION...KL/11
FIRE WEATHER...11/Speciale
HYDROLOGY...11
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
649 PM EDT Fri Jun 1 2018

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-021100-
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-
649 PM EDT Fri Jun 1 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected into this evening. Storms will
be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall and will move rather
slowly which will cause ponding of water on roadways and could
result in isolated flash flooding of urban and poor drainage areas,
especially if thunderstorms repeatedly affect any particular area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
627 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

NYZ047-012330-
Schoharie-
627 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

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

At 627 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Davenport, or
14 miles east of Oneonta, moving east at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Cobleskill, Jefferson, Gilboa, Summit, Richmondville, North Blenheim,
Breakabeen, West Richmondville, Baird Corners, Lawyersville,
Warnerville, Lutheranville, West Fulton, Vintonton, Mineral Springs,
Shutts Corners, Arabia, Barnerville, Eminence and Housons Corners.

This Includes Interstate 88 between exits 20 and 22.

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

LAT...LON 4262 7463 4269 7465 4276 7441 4238 7438
      4238 7452 4242 7462 4252 7471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 263DEG 15KT 4249 7478

DBT
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
639 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

NYZ033-041-042-082-083-012345-
Hamilton-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren-Northern Warren-Northern
Saratoga-
639 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...SOUTHERN
WARREN...NORTHERN SARATOGA AND NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES...

At 638 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Day Center, or
21 miles northeast of Gloversville, moving east at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Glens Falls, Lake George Village, Corinth, Edinburg, Northville, Day
Center, Northampton Beach Public Campground, West Glens Falls, Lake
Luzerne Campground, Glens Falls North, Sacandaga Campground, Kings,
Mount Pleasant, Queensbury, Wilton, Northumberland, South Glens
Falls, Lake Luzerne, Hadley and Lake George.

This Includes Interstate 87 between exits 16 and 22.

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

LAT...LON 4349 7363 4330 7359 4327 7360 4326 7359
      4324 7360 4322 7358 4319 7359 4318 7358
      4317 7359 4315 7358 4313 7359 4311 7357
      4319 7444 4336 7445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 263DEG 14KT 4332 7413

DBT
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
646 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

NYZ033-012345-
Hamilton-
646 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...

At 646 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 12 miles southwest
of Horseshoe Lake, or 21 miles northeast of Old Forge, moving
northeast at 10 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Forked Lake Public Campground, Lake Eaton Campground, Long Lake,
Nehasane, Sabattis, Partlow, Robinwood, Little Tupper Lake, Lake
Lila, Catlin Lake and Deerland.

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

LAT...LON 4397 7425 4395 7428 4385 7479 4391 7483
      4407 7485 4407 7484 4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 237DEG 10KT 4399 7478

DBT
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
656 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

NYZ043-083-084-VTZ013-012345-
Northern Washington-Southern Washington-Southeast Warren-Bennington-
656 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WARREN...
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN BENNINGTON COUNTIES...

At 655 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Poultney Village to near Comstock to near
Glens Falls North. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these storms.

These storms will be near...
  Hartford and Poultney Village around 700 PM EDT.
  Granville and Wells around 705 PM EDT.
  Pawlet around 715 PM EDT.
  Dorset around 725 PM EDT.
  Salem around 730 PM EDT.
  Manchester and Manchester Center around 735 PM EDT.
  Arlington around 745 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include Cossayuna, Beartown,
Dunham Basin, Smiths Basin, Goose Island, Adamsville, North
Granville, East Hebron, South Granville and Truthville.

This Includes Interstate 87 between exits 19 and 21.

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

If you are on or near the southern portion of Lake George, get out
of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember,
lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm.
If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by
lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water
in a thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4326 7285 4316 7289 4311 7301 4305 7335
      4324 7360 4330 7359 4331 7364 4329 7366
      4340 7380 4343 7367 4341 7362 4344 7362
      4347 7347 4358 7329 4353 7324 4332 7325
      4330 7299 4329 7298 4330 7282 4326 7282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 311DEG 33KT 4351 7328 4343 7340 4338 7364

KSL
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:45 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess43 min
Jun 1, 10:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer39 min
Jun 1, 10:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Rensselaer93 min
Jun 1, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia43 min
Jun 1, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia45 min
Jun 1, 11:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY51 min

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