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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 8, 2021Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT for Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.

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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: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 Jun 8, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 5:11 AM EDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
511 AM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-091200-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-
Southern Berkshire-Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-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-
511 AM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts, eastern New York and southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms this afternoon will
be capable of producing heavy rain and may be slow moving. This could
result in isolated flash flooding especially in low lying, poor
drainage and urban areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Heat index values on Wednesday could approach 95 degrees in parts of
the Hudson Valley due to the combination of high humidity and
unseasonably warm temperatures.

Showers and thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon will be capable of
heavy rain and could result in additional localized flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
1229 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

NYZ063-064-081715-
Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-
1229 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
ULSTER COUNTY...

At 1228 PM EDT, a thunderstorm producing heavy rainfall was located
near Kerhonkson, or near New Paltz, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Locations impacted include...
New Paltz, Ellenville, Tillson, High Falls, Kerhonkson, Crawford,
Rosendale, Port Ben, Lefever Falls, Maple Hill, Rutsonville,
Alligerville, Awosting, Lake Minnewaska, Stone Ridge, Granite,
Ulsterville, Cragsmoor, Walker Valley and Rosendale Village.

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

LAT...LON 4162 7439 4164 7439 4169 7448 4189 7407
      4179 7401 4160 7437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1628Z 239DEG 25KT 4175 7422

JPV

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	46 min
Jun 8, 1:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	3 hr
Jun 8, 1:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster	7 hr
Jun 8, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	59 min
Jun 8, 1:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	2 hr
Jun 8, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	45 min
Jun 8, 2:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	44 min
Jun 8, 2:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Greene	2 hr
Jun 8, 3:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Greene, Schoharie	107 min
Jun 8, 3:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene, Schoharie	109 min
Jun 8, 3:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	84 min
Jun 8, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	44 min
Jun 8, 4:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	47 min
Jun 8, 5:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Schoharie	2 hr
Jun 8, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	47 min
Jun 8, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Windham	2 hr
Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	45 min
Jun 8, 6:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Windham	2 hr
Jun 8, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington	117 min
Jun 8, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	36 min
Jun 8, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	28 min
Jun 8, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		39 min
Jun 8, 2:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		24 min
Jun 8, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	20 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.