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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 9, 2021Fulton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2021, 2:35 PM EDT for Fulton County, New York. It was in force for 40 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 9, 2021, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Fulton County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 57 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 9, 1:41 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:41 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:16 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
235 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

NYZ039-040-050-082-091915-
Southern Fulton-Northern Fulton-Montgomery-Southern Saratoga-
235 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN FULTON AND EAST
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

At 234 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm producing a brief period of
heavy rainfall was located over Gloversville, moving southeast at 15
mph.

Wind gusts of around 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Amsterdam, Gloversville, Johnstown, Fonda, Broadalbin, Hagaman,
Mayfield, Fort Johnson, Tribes Hill, Perth, Berkshire, Fultonville,
Bleecker, Meco, West Perth, Munsonville, Church Corners, Pinnacle,
Young Corners and Broadalbin Junction.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 27 and 28.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized poor drainage flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through
flooded roadways. Rainfall rates may approach an inch in an hour.

LAT...LON 4307 7452 4319 7434 4303 7404 4285 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 318DEG 13KT 4309 7437

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton53 min
Jun 9, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton, Montgomery33 min
Jun 9, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady34 min
Jun 9, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery39 min
Jun 9, 3:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYMontgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady58 min
Jun 9, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady43 min
Jun 9, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany41 min
Jun 9, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster40 min
Jun 9, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster41 min
Jun 9, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia, Greene43 min
Jun 9, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster24 min
Jun 9, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster40 min
Jun 9, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess38 min
Jun 9, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY26 min

Nearby

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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.