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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 8, 2018Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2018, 8:50 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 55 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 8, 2018, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2018, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.6

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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 8, 7:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 7:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 6:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
401 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018

MAZ001-VTZ013-014-082030-
Northern Berkshire-Western Windham-Bennington-
401 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE...
SOUTHERN BENNINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...

At 401 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Stamford, or 7
miles north of North Adams, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bennington, North Adams, Adams, Williamstown, Pownal, Wilmington,
Stamford, Readsboro, Florida, Whitingham, Dover, Woodford, Searsburg,
Somerset, Hairpin Turn, Goose City, Greylock, Soldiers Memorial
Field, Readsboro Falls and Cheshire Harbor.

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

LAT...LON 4292 7270 4274 7291 4274 7302 4270 7302
      4270 7295 4257 7311 4268 7329 4274 7327
      4275 7328 4276 7328 4308 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 216DEG 21KT 4279 7307

DBT

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
404 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018

MAZ001-025-NYZ060-061-082100-
Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire-Eastern Columbia-Western
Columbia-
404 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE AND
SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...

At 404 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Copake, or 10
miles west of Great Barrington, moving east at 25 mph.

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

This storm will be near...
  Sheffield around 425 PM EDT.
  Great Barrington around 430 PM EDT.
  Housatonic around 435 PM EDT.
  Lee around 455 PM EDT.
  Becket and Otis around 500 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Hartsville, Alford,
Glendale, North Hillsdale, Williamsville, Lenox Dale, Harlemville,
The Center At Lenox, East Otis and North Egremont.

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 7302 4239 7306 4238 7307
      4233 7306 4231 7303 4231 7300 4225 7300
      4217 7303 4205 7359 4226 7372 4254 7297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 248DEG 20KT 4217 7355

DBT

Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 7:51 PM EDT, 59 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 8, 9:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster	2 hr
Aug 8, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	58 min
Aug 8, 10:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	2 hr
Aug 8, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	61 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.