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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 1, 2021Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 5:17 PM EDT for Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 28 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: Aug 1, 2021, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
238 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NYZ040-047-048-011915-
Schoharie-Western Schenectady-Montgomery-
238 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN
SCHENECTADY...NORTHERN SCHOHARIE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...

At 238 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered over
Richmondville, or near Cobleskill, moving northeast at 35 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cobleskill, Summit, Schoharie, Richmondville, Central Bridge, Glen,
Carlisle, Sharon, Seward, Charleston, Esperance, Zeh Corners, Beekman
Corners, West Richmondville, Rockwell Corners, Warnerville, Flat
Creek, Gardnersville, Market Corners and Becker Corners.

This includes Interstate 88 between exits 20 and 23.

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

LAT...LON 4262 7463 4266 7464 4296 7451 4282 7414
      4250 7450 4257 7467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 211DEG 29KT 4263 7456

Rathbun

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
323 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NYZ033-039-041-042-082-012000-
Southern Fulton-Hamilton-Northern Fulton-Northern Warren-Northern
Saratoga-
323 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...WEST
CENTRAL WARREN...EASTERN FULTON AND NORTHWESTERN SARATOGA COUNTIES...

At 323 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Caroga Lake, or
10 miles north of Gloversville, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Gloversville, Johnstown, Edinburg, Northville, Mayfield, Wells,
Cranberry Creek, Day Center, Northampton Beach Public Campground,
Sacandaga Campground, Berkshire, Bleecker, Harrisburg, Hope, Arietta,
Benson, Meco, Girards Sugarbush, Munsonville and Tenantville.

LAT...LON 4329 7462 4358 7419 4321 7387 4311 7410
      4312 7412 4311 7412 4298 7441 4298 7449
      4313 7444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 231DEG 27KT 4320 7439

MSE

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
410 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NYZ040-047-012045-
Schoharie-Montgomery-
410 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SCHOHARIE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

At 410 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Richmondville,
or 8 miles west of Cobleskill, moving east at 30 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cobleskill, Middleburgh, Summit, Schoharie, Richmondville, Sharon
Springs, Central Bridge, Glen, Carlisle, Sharon, Seward, Charleston,
Esperance, Zeh Corners, Beekman Corners, West Richmondville, Rockwell
Corners, Warnerville, Flat Creek and Engleville.

This includes Interstate 88 between exits 20 and 23.

LAT...LON 4262 7463 4265 7463 4275 7467 4279 7466
      4291 7433 4276 7426 4275 7431 4271 7427
      4272 7425 4261 7420 4260 7422 4250 7469
      4252 7471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 249DEG 25KT 4270 7465

MSE

Local storm report, Aug 1, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:17 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
Aug 1, 3:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Rensselaer and 5 more	19 hr
Aug 1, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery, Schoharie	37 min
Aug 1, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	37 min
Aug 1, 3:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery	2 hr
Aug 1, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Saratoga	36 min
Aug 1, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	35 min
Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren	98 min
Aug 1, 5:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	3 hr
Aug 1, 5:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington, Windham	3 hr
Aug 1, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	37 min
Aug 1, 6:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Windham	3 hr

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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.