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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 30, 2021Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2021, 11:59 AM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 31 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 30, 2021, 11:59 AM EDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2021, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

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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: 113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 30, 10:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 10:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:24 AM EDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1028 AM EDT WED JUN 30 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SAUGERTIES              42.07N  73.95W
06/29/2021                   ULSTER             NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RECEIVED MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR RT 32 AND
            RT 9W. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY2103384

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:14 AM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:59 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
1159 AM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

NYZ033-301630-
Hamilton-
1159 AM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY...

At 1159 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Lake Eaton
Campground, or 14 miles northwest of Indian Lake, moving east at 40
mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Blue Mountain Lake, Lake Eaton Campground, Forked Lake Public
Campground, Long Lake, Catlin Lake and Deerland.

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.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

LAT...LON 4397 7425 4392 7434 4386 7426 4385 7454
      4403 7456 4407 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 263DEG 34KT 4396 7445

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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 29, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	27 min
Jun 29, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	37 min
Jun 29, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	46 min
Jun 29, 10:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Ulster	3 hr
Jun 29, 11:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Ulster	32 min
Jun 30, 11:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	46 min
Jun 30, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	25 min
Jun 30, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	32 min
Jun 30, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	29 min
Jun 30, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	38 min
Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer	49 min
Jun 30, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	45 min
Jun 30, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren	42 min
Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	39 min
Jun 30, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	34 min
Jun 30, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	37 min
Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington	36 min
Jun 30, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	31 min
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	30 min
Jun 30, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	30 min
Jun 30, 3:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Rensselaer	44 min
Jun 30, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	29 min
Jun 30, 3:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Rensselaer	55 min
Jun 30, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	40 min
Jun 30, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	27 min
Jun 30, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	24 min
Jun 30, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Schoharie	43 min
Jun 30, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	44 min
Jun 30, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	56 min
Jun 30, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	47 min
Jun 30, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	30 min
Jun 30, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	80 min
Jun 30, 5:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia	3 hr
Jun 30, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	48 min
Jun 30, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	28 min
Jun 30, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	41 min
Jun 30, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	107 min
Jun 30, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	67 min
Jun 30, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	39 min
Jun 30, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	42 min
Jun 30, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington, Windham	26 min
Jun 30, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	31 min
Jun 30, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	43 min
Jun 30, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	14 min
Jun 30, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	21 min
Jun 30, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	36 min
Jun 30, 5:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	2 hr
Jun 29, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		47 min
Jun 30, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		37 min
Jun 30, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	56 min
Jun 30, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	40 min

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