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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 1, 2021Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT for Saratoga 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
Jul 1, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Saratoga County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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 42 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 2021-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

288 
WWUS81 KALY 011821
SPSALY

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
221 PM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021

NYZ041-050-011900-
Southern Saratoga-Northern Saratoga-
221 PM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...A SHOWER WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL SARATOGA COUNTY...

At 220 PM EDT, a shower containing heavy rain was located over 
Saratoga Springs, moving southeast at 5 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this heavy shower.

Locations impacted include...
Saratoga Springs, Gates, Deans Corners, Snake Hill, Saratoga Race
Course, Coveville, Francis Corners, Burgoyne, Hickeys Corners, Quaker
Springs, Ketchums Corners, Wayville, Myers Corners, The Saratoga
Battllefield, Barnes Corners, Yaddo, Saratoga Lake, Mannings Cove,
Cedar Bluffs and Eddy Corners.

This includes Interstate 87 between exits 14 and 15.
 
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this shower, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4305 7359 4303 7359 4293 7374 4308 7381
      4314 7371 4306 7358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 323DEG 6KT 4306 7375 

$$

KSL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer34 min
Jul 1, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie34 min
Jul 1, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga45 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.