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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 39 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, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Otsego County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
292
WWUS81 KALY 072221
SPSALY
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
621 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
NYZ038-072300-
Southern Herkimer NY-
621 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Herkimer
County through 700 PM EDT...
At 620 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cedarville, or 7 miles southwest of Ilion, moving east at 20 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...
Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mohawk, Frankfort, West Winfield,
Jordanville, Cedarville, Elizabethtown, Warren, Ingham Mills,
Jersalem Hill, Spinnerville, Corrado Corners, Cedar Lake, North
Ilion, Gulph, South Columbia, South Ilion and Kelhi Corners.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 29A and 30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4309 7477 4307 7477 4302 7474 4286 7476
4290 7488 4284 7489 4283 7492 4291 7510
4286 7514 4286 7521 4288 7521 4288 7520
4301 7521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 262DEG 20KT 4293 7515
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, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 42 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.