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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 20, 2021Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2021, 2:09 PM EDT for Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 36 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2021, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Saratoga County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 20, 2:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	4 Ssw Gansevoort, NY	HAIL COVERED THE GROUND PER SPOTTER PHOTOS.
Jul 20, 2:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Wilton, NY	TREE DOWN NEAR STATE ROUTE 50 AND KING RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
Jul 20, 2:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	4 S Gansevoort, NY	HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN A QUARTER. TIME ADJUSTED BASED ON REPORT. CORRECTED WITH MORE PRECISE LOCATION.
Jul 20, 2:54 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Victory, NY	HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN A QUARTER JUST SOUTH OF SCHUYLERVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

252 
WWUS81 KALY 201809
SPSALY

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
209 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021

NYZ041-084-201845-
Southern Washington-Northern Saratoga-
209 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL SARATOGA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

At 209 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Saratoga
Springs, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Saratoga Springs, Greenwich, Gates, Wilton, Northumberland,
Schuylerville, Victory, Deans Corners, Gurn Spring, Bacon Hill,
Coveville, Jewell Corner, Hickeys Corners, Grangerville, Kings
Station, Middle Falls, Gansevoort, North Easton, Bald Mountain and
Starks Knob.

This includes Interstate 87 between exits 14 and 16, and near exit
17N.
 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4313 7383 4324 7372 4315 7342 4296 7360
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 303DEG 11KT 4315 7371 

$$

Rathbun

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 2:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Warren	113 min
Jul 20, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	49 min
Jul 20, 2:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	2 hr
Jul 20, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	35 min
Jul 20, 3:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	80 min
Jul 20, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	47 min
Jul 20, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	47 min
Jul 20, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	44 min
Jul 20, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	38 min
Jul 20, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	58 min
Jul 20, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	35 min
Jul 20, 7:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady	3 hr
Jul 20, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	26 min
Jul 20, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Warren	49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.