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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 8, 2021

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT. It was in force for 39 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: Jun 8, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

603 
WWUS81 KALY 081821
SPSALY

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

CTZ013-081900-
Southern Litchfield-
221 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL
LITCHFIELD COUNTY...

At 221 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered near Southbury,
moving northeast at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Oakville, Woodbury Center, Watertown, Woodbury, Bethlehem, Roxbury,
Minortown, Bethlehem Village, Kinneys Corners, Hotchkissville, River
Road Reserve, Pomeraug, Roxbury Station, Horse Heaven, North
Woodbury, Gulls Hollow and Delano Field.

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

Frequent 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 4149 7337 4150 7338 4165 7330 4169 7326
      4160 7306 4159 7306 4159 7308 4157 7309
      4156 7316 4151 7316 4151 7332 4149 7333
      4147 7331 4147 7333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 216DEG 7KT 4152 7330 

$$

KSL

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, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	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, 2:25 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.