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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 13, 2021Otsego County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2021, 11:21 PM EDT for Otsego 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 13, 2021, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Otsego County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-268 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

265 
WWUS81 KALY 140321
SPSALY

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
1121 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

NYZ038-140400-
Southern Herkimer-
1121 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...

At 1121 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over South
Brookfield, or 12 miles southeast of Hamilton, moving northeast at 40
mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mohawk, Frankfort, West Winfield,
Jordanville, Cedarville, Elizabethtown, Warren, Jersalem Hill, West
Frankfort, Spinnerville, Corrado Corners, Cedar Lake, Farrel Corner,
Countryman, North Ilion, Gulph and South Columbia.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 29A and 30.
 
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4315 7513 4318 7508 4303 7474 4299 7474
      4286 7476 4290 7488 4284 7489 4282 7491
      4291 7510 4286 7514 4286 7521 4292 7520
      4305 7522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 237DEG 35KT 4276 7532 

$$

JPV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton, Herkimer46 min
Jul 13, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery43 min
Jul 14, 12:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster48 min
Jul 14, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga37 min
Jul 14, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington52 min
Jul 14, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer43 min
Jul 14, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer43 min
Jul 14, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga, Washington62 min
Jul 14, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer66 min
Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington57 min
Jul 14, 3:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Rensselaer3 hr
Jul 14, 3:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYRensselaer2 hr
Jul 14, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer52 min
Jul 14, 4:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYRensselaer3 hr
Jul 14, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer28 min
Jul 14, 4:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYRensselaer3 hr
Jul 14, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer24 min
Jul 14, 5:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia3 hr
Jul 14, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYRensselaer3 hr
Jul 14, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYRensselaer3 hr
Jul 14, 6:47 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYRensselaer3 hr
Jul 14, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia41 min
Jul 14, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene64 min
Jul 14, 7:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYColumbia3 hr
Jul 14, 7:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia2 hr
Jul 14, 7:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYRensselaer3 hr
Jul 14, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRutland43 min
Jul 14, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington38 min
Jul 14, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington37 min
Jul 14, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham34 min
Jul 14, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWindham43 min
Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire35 min
Jul 14, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire30 min
Jul 14, 7:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBerkshire114 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.