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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 14, 2021, 1:29 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 16 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
- Mar 14, 2021, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
County Ulster County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 116 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Mar 14, 1:10 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 1:10 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 514 AM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 NYZ038>040-047>054-058>061-063>066-082-VTZ013-014-151100- Southern Herkimer-Southern Fulton-Montgomery-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-Bennington-Western Windham- 514 AM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys, Capital Region, eastern Catskills, mid Hudson Valley and Taconics of eastern New York and the southern Green Mountains of Vermont. .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. Wind Advisory. Isolated to scattered snow squalls are possible this afternoon, resulting in brief locally hazardous travel conditions due to poor visibility and a quick coating of snowfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Dangerously cold wind chills are possible late tonight into early Monday morning mainly for elevations above 1500 feet. A Wind Chill Advisory maybe needed for some areas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to relay wind damage reports to the National Weather Service in Albany New York while following all local, state and CDC guidelines. CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-151100- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire- 514 AM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut and western Massachusetts. .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. Red Flag Warning. Wind Advisory. Isolated to scattered snow squalls are possible this afternoon, resulting in brief locally hazardous travel conditions due to poor visibility and a quick coating of snowfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Dangerously cold wind chills are possible late tonight into early Monday morning mainly for elevations above 1500 feet. A Wind Chill Advisory maybe needed for some areas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to relay wind damage reports to the National Weather Service in Albany New York while following all local, state and CDC guidelines. NYZ041-043-083-084-VTZ015-151100- Northern Saratoga-Northern Washington-Southeast Warren- Southern Washington-Eastern Windham- 514 AM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Lake George Saratoga Region of eastern New York and eastern Windham County of southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong northwest winds with gusts of 35 to 45 mph are likely this afternoon into this evening. If stronger wind gusts are expected then a wind advisory would be issued. Isolated to scattered snow squalls are possible this afternoon, resulting in brief locally hazardous travel conditions due to poor visibility and a quick coating of snowfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Dangerously cold wind chills are possible late tonight into early Monday morning mainly for elevations above 1500 feet. A Wind Chill Advisory maybe needed for some areas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ032-033-042-151100- Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Northern Warren- 514 AM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is northern Herkimer, Hamilton and northern Warren Counties of eastern 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. Wind Chill Advisory. Strong northwest winds with gusts of 35 to 45 mph are likely this afternoon into this evening. If stronger wind gusts are expected then a wind advisory would be issued. Isolated to scattered snow squalls are possible this afternoon, resulting in brief locally hazardous travel conditions due to poor visibility and a quick coating of snowfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 10:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
1050 AM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021
NYZ058-063-141530-
Western Ulster-Western Greene-
1050 AM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021
...HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL ULSTER AND
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
At 1048 AM EDT, an area of heavy snow showers was located near
Prattsville, or 9 miles west of Hunter, moving southeast at 40 mph.
Visibilities will drop quickly to less than a quarter of a mile in
these snow showers. Winds in excess of 30 mph are also possible.
Locations impacted include...
Hunter, Woodstock, Prattsville, Kenneth L Wilson Campground, Mount
Tremper, Lanesville, Phoenicia, North-South Lake Campground,
Shandaken, Ashland, Jewett, Lexington, Tannersville, Mosquito Point,
North Lexington, Chichester, Haines Falls, Allaben, Four Corners and
West Jewett.
Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be
prepared for snow or ice covered roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.
LAT...LON 4229 7447 4235 7442 4221 7404 4217 7404
4215 7405 4198 7419 4214 7450 4217 7445
4220 7454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 301DEG 33KT 4223 7439
DBTSpecial weather statement, Mar 14, 12:38 PM EDT, 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 3:25 AM EDT | Wind Chill Advisory | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 31 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Greene | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Schoharie | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 3:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 16 hr |
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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.