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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

June 30, 2021Schenectady County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT for Schenectady County, New York. 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 30, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Schenectady County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 17 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2021-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 2021-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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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The text

As transmitted.

855 
WWUS81 KALY 301821
SPSALY

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
221 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

NYZ047>049-051-052-301900-
Eastern Albany-Eastern Schenectady-Schoharie-Western
Schenectady-Western Albany-
221 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SCHENECTADY...CENTRAL
ALBANY AND NORTHEASTERN SCHOHARIE COUNTIES...

At 221 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Central Bridge,
or near Cobleskill, moving east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Schenectady, Rotterdam, Scotia, Duanesburg, Berne, Voorheesville,
Altamont, Middleburgh, Schoharie, Delanson, Central Bridge, East
Glenville, New Scotland, Knox, Princetown, Esperance, Duane, East
Berne, West Berne and Harding Crossing.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 88 between exits 22 and 25.
 Interstate 90 between exits 25 and 26.
 Interstate 890 between exits 1b and 9.

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 4260 7444 4272 7448 4286 7394 4260 7388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 260DEG 31KT 4268 7438 

$$

KSL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia27 min
Jun 29, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia37 min
Jun 29, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia46 min
Jun 29, 10:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Greene, Ulster3 hr
Jun 29, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene, Ulster32 min
Jun 30, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton46 min
Jun 30, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton31 min
Jun 30, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer25 min
Jun 30, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren32 min
Jun 30, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton29 min
Jun 30, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer38 min
Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Herkimer49 min
Jun 30, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton45 min
Jun 30, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren42 min
Jun 30, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie34 min
Jun 30, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia37 min
Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington36 min
Jun 30, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery31 min
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer30 min
Jun 30, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Washington30 min
Jun 30, 3:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYRensselaer44 min
Jun 30, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer29 min
Jun 30, 3:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYRensselaer55 min
Jun 30, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia40 min
Jun 30, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer27 min
Jun 30, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie24 min
Jun 30, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schoharie43 min
Jun 30, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia44 min
Jun 30, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia56 min
Jun 30, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster47 min
Jun 30, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia30 min
Jun 30, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia80 min
Jun 30, 5:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYColumbia3 hr
Jun 30, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess48 min
Jun 30, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster28 min
Jun 30, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster41 min
Jun 30, 6:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess, Ulster107 min
Jun 30, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess67 min
Jun 30, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington39 min
Jun 30, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham42 min
Jun 30, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington, Windham26 min
Jun 30, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire31 min
Jun 30, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire43 min
Jun 30, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire14 min
Jun 30, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire21 min
Jun 30, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire36 min
Jun 30, 5:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBerkshire2 hr
Jun 29, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY47 min
Jun 30, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY37 min
Jun 30, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region56 min
Jun 30, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region40 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.