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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

March 26, 2021Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2021, 9:28 AM EDT for Warren County, New York. It was in force for 47 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 26, 2021, 9:28 AM EDT (13:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2021, 10:15 AM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -438 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 26, 7:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 7:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 5:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:28 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
928 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

NYZ041-042-082>084-261415-
Northern Fulton-Southern Washington-Southeast Warren-Northern
Warren-Northern Saratoga-
928 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN
WARREN...NORTHEASTERN FULTON AND NORTHWESTERN SARATOGA COUNTIES...

At 927 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Edinburg, or 18
miles northeast of Gloversville, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Winds of 30 to 40 mph are possible with this storm. A brief burst of
heavy rainfall is also possible.

Locations impacted include...
Glens Falls, Warrensburg, Lake George Village, Corinth, Edinburg,
Northville, Day Center, West Glens Falls, Lake Luzerne Campground,
Glens Falls North, Queensbury, Lake Luzerne, Hadley, Lake George,
Stony Creek, Thurman Station, Beartown, Tenantville, Glenwild and
Conklingville.

This includes Interstate 87 between exits 19 and 23.

Occasional 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.

LAT...LON 4344 7362 4341 7362 4341 7359 4336 7354
      4312 7409 4325 7422 4325 7414 4333 7415
      4358 7376
TIME...MOT...LOC 1327Z 234DEG 36KT 4324 7410

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 11:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	46 min
Mar 26, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	23 min
Mar 26, 12:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren	44 min
Mar 26, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	51 min
Mar 26, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	41 min
Mar 26, 10:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	36 min
Mar 26, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rutland	19 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.