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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 42 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 7, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Rensselaer County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
000
WWUS81 KALY 072003
SPSALY
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
403 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
NYZ052>054-072045-
Eastern Albany NY-Western Rensselaer NY-Eastern Rensselaer NY-
403 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Albany
and northwestern Rensselaer Counties through 445 PM EDT...
At 402 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Colonie, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Albany, Troy, Cohoes, Watervliet, Rensselaer, Colonie, Latham,
Delmar, Menands, Green Island, Waterford, Loudonville, West Sand
Lake, Center Brunswick, Wyantskill, Averill Park, Wynantskill, North
Greenbush, Brunswick and Sand Lake.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90 between exits 9 and 24.
Interstate 87 between exits 23 and 7.
Interstate 787 between exits 1 and 9.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4259 7349 4263 7389 4275 7389 4280 7371
4278 7370 4278 7369 4281 7366 4285 7352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 262DEG 11KT 4269 7382
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
DBTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 2:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 105 min |
| Aug 7, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 39 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.