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Snow Squall Warning 18, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this snow squall warning at Dec 31, 2019, 5:56 PM EST for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2019, 5:56 PM EST (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Schoharie County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow squall warning 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 snow squall warning went out at Dec 31, 5:03 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 5:03 PM EST, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 343 PM EST Tue Dec 31 2019 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-011100- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-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- 343 PM EST Tue Dec 31 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts, eastern New York aside from the western Adirondacks, and southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Through tonight. Snow showers and isolated snow squalls are possible mainly between 6-11 pm. Travel on untreated roads could become locally hazardous. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ032-033-011100- Northern Herkimer-Hamilton- 343 PM EST Tue Dec 31 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the western Adirondacks in eastern New York. .DAY ONE...Through tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 31, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 5:04 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 56 min |
Nearby
Snow Squall Warnings in New York, 2019Every snow squall warning in 2019
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.