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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 2, 2020

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2020, 1:25 PM EDT. It was in force for 50 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 2, 2020, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2020, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 2, 1:20 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 1:20 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:27 AM EDT, 8 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
125 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2020

CTZ001-013-021815-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-
125 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2020

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LITCHFIELD
COUNTY...

At 125 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Winsted to near Torrington to near
Litchfield. Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Torrington, Thomaston, New Hartford, Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton,
Terryville, Winsted, New Hartford Center, Plymouth, Harwinton,
Barkhamsted, Morris, Bantam, West Torrington, Torringford, Haight
Vineyard, Pequabuck, Reynolds Bridge, Mooreville and Beech Rock.

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

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 4166 7334 4196 7307 4200 7302 4197 7303
      4197 7289 4190 7291 4190 7294 4185 7295
      4184 7294 4181 7295 4180 7302 4178 7301
      4165 7299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 223DEG 31KT 4195 7304 4181 7310 4170 7324

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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 2, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	32 min
Aug 2, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	62 min
Aug 2, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	30 min
Aug 2, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	42 min
Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	30 min
Aug 2, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	53 min
Aug 2, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	34 min
Aug 2, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	27 min
Aug 2, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	28 min
Aug 2, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	32 min
Aug 2, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	38 min
Aug 2, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	28 min
Aug 2, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton	39 min
Aug 2, 7:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Hamilton	24 min
Aug 2, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	51 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.