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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
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.
- 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
The text
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</html>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 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
FRUGISLocal 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
FRUGISSpecial 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
MSELocal 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
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EVENT NUMBER ALY2103802
FRUGISLocal storm report, Jul 27, 4:48 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Washington | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Schoharie | 21 min |
| Jul 27, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 26 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.