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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

July 27, 2021Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2021, 4:54 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2021, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Rensselaer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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 2021-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 27, 4:45 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 4:45 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:17 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
417 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-281200-
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-
417 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 396 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms on Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:06 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
406 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE HAWTHORNE HILL    42.79N  73.81W
07/27/2021                   SARATOGA           NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            WIRES DOWNED ON RIVERVIEW DRIVE IN REXFORD

0352 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S CLIFTON PARK        42.83N  73.81W
07/27/2021                   SARATOGA           NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE DOWNED ON ENGLEMORE ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY2103799
EVENT NUMBER ALY2103800

FRUGIS
Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:11 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
411 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0344 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW HALFMOON           42.89N  73.77W
07/27/2021                   SARATOGA           NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE AND WIRES DOWNED ACROSS KENNEDY LANE

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY2103801

FRUGIS
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:20 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
420 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

NYZ047-051-272045-
Schoharie-Western Albany-
420 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ALBANY AND
SOUTHERN SCHOHARIE COUNTIES...

At 419 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Berne to near Breakabeen to near
Delhi. Movement was east at 50 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Jefferson, Westerlo, Berne, Altamont, Middleburgh, Gilboa,
Livingstonville, North Blenheim, Breakabeen, Preston-Potter Hollow,
Preston Hollow, Knox, Rensselaerville, Conesville, East Berne,
Shoefelt Corners, West Berne, Huntersland, Broome Center and West
Fulton.

LAT...LON 4258 7450 4273 7411 4272 7403 4243 7403
      4241 7425 4238 7425 4236 7429 4236 7434
      4237 7438 4236 7444 4242 7462 4247 7466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 285DEG 42KT 4269 7412 4257 7443 4226 7486

MSE
Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:44 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
444 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COHOES                  42.77N  73.70W
07/27/2021                   ALBANY             NY   SOCIAL MEDIA

            LARGE TREE LIMB DOWNED ON HOWARD STREET

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY2103802

FRUGIS
Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:48 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:54 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery, Schenectady27 min
Jul 27, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady54 min
Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYMontgomery2 hr
Jul 27, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren36 min
Jul 27, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego30 min
Jul 27, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer23 min
Jul 27, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany30 min
Jul 27, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer35 min
Jul 27, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington32 min
Jul 27, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga46 min
Jul 27, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie25 min
Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer43 min
Jul 27, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Schoharie21 min
Jul 27, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia44 min
Jul 27, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire41 min
Jul 27, 5:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBerkshire3 hr
Jul 27, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY26 min

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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.