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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

May 26, 2021Fulton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT for Fulton County, New York. It was in force for 37 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: May 26, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Fulton County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

882 
WWUS81 KALY 261908
SPSALY

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
308 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

NYZ033-041-082-261945-
Hamilton-Northern Fulton-Northern Saratoga-
308 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...
NORTHEASTERN FULTON AND NORTHWESTERN SARATOGA COUNTIES...

At 308 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Sacandaga Campground, or 14 miles north of Gloversville, moving east
at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Edinburg, Northville, Day Center, Northampton Beach Public
Campground, Hope, Benson, Fairchilds Corners, Tenantville, Sweets
Crossing, Pinnacle, Conklingville, Maple Grove, Carpenters Corners,
Tomantown, Osbourne Bridge, West Day, Batchellerville, Fox Hill,
Allentown and Hope Falls.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4337 7414 4339 7394 4320 7388 4315 7439
      4332 7443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 260DEG 35KT 4325 7431 

$$

Rathbun/Wasula

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren	55 min
May 26, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	26 min
May 26, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Oneida	47 min
May 26, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer	43 min
May 26, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	35 min
May 26, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	29 min
May 26, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	22 min
May 26, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	24 min
May 26, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	24 min
May 26, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	33 min
May 26, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	29 min
May 26, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	24 min
May 26, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	27 min
May 26, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	35 min
May 26, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	34 min
May 26, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	37 min
May 26, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	26 min
May 26, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	24 min
May 26, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	67 min
May 26, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	66 min
May 26, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster	62 min
May 26, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	59 min
May 26, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Orange	38 min
May 26, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	66 min
May 26, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	57 min
May 26, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	64 min
May 26, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington, Windham	48 min
May 26, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	32 min
May 26, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	25 min
May 26, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		38 min
May 26, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	67 min
May 26, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	59 min
May 26, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	35 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.