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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 23, 2021Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2021, 3:14 PM EDT for Montgomery 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

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The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2021, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Montgomery County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 23, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:39 AM EDT, 10 hours 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
439 AM EDT Fri Jul 23 2021

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-241100-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-
Southern Berkshire-Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-
Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren-
Northern Washington-Schoharie-Western Schenectady-
Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-Western Albany-Eastern Albany-
Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-
Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-
Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren-
Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham-
439 AM EDT Fri Jul 23 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts, eastern New York, and for southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible today, mainly late this morning
through this afternoon. A few thunderstorms could contain gusty
winds and small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

There is a chance of non severe thunderstorms late Saturday night.

There is a marginal risk for severe thunderstorms Sunday, with
isolated damaging wind gusts possible. In addition, locally heavy
rainfall could result in isolated flash flooding.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be Sunday.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
132 PM EDT Fri Jul 23 2021

NYZ039-040-231800-
Southern Fulton-Montgomery-
132 PM EDT Fri Jul 23 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON AND CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

At 132 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Johnstown,
moving southeast at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Amsterdam, Gloversville, Johnstown, Fonda, Fort Johnson, Tribes Hill,
Glen, Berkshire, Charleston, Fultonville, Auriesville, Meco, West
Perth, Church Corners, Sammonsville, Young Corners, Lost Valley,
Market Corners, Davis Corners and Minaville.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 27 and 28.

LAT...LON 4299 7456 4309 7436 4291 7412 4282 7428
      4280 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 327DEG 16KT 4298 7441

NAS

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	28 min
Jul 23, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	32 min
Jul 23, 4:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Montgomery	111 min
Jul 23, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	45 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.