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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2021, 2:14 PM EDT for Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 46 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 13, 2021, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Oneida County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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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 13, 1:47 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 1:47 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 4:41 AM EDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 441 AM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-059>061-064>066-083-084- VTZ013-015-141100- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-Southern Herkimer-Southern Fulton-Montgomery- Northern Saratoga-Northern Washington-Schoharie-Western Schenectady- Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-Western Albany-Eastern Albany- Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-Eastern Greene- Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess- Eastern Dutchess-Southeast Warren-Southern Washington-Bennington- Eastern Windham- 441 AM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts, the Lake George Glens Falls Region, the Capital Region, Taconics, mid Hudson Valley, Helderbergs, Schoharie Valley, Mohawk Valley in eastern New York and Bennington and western Windham County in southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. There is a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms this afternoon into the early evening. Damaging winds would be the main threat. Some locally heavy rainfall may produce poor drainage flooding of low lying areas and isolated flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. There is a chance for thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today into tonight. NYZ032-033-042-058-063-082-VTZ014-141100- Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Northern Warren-Western Greene- Western Ulster-Northern Fulton-Western Windham- 441 AM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the southern Adirondacks and the eastern Catskills in eastern New York and western Windham County in southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms this afternoon into the early evening. Damaging winds would be the main threat. Some locally heavy rainfall may produce poor drainage flooding of low lying areas and isolated flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. There is a chance for thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today into tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
214 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
NYZ038-131900-
Southern Herkimer NY-
214 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Herkimer County through 300 PM EDT...
At 214 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Utica, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mohawk, Frankfort, Newport,
Middleville, Poland, Cold Brook, Fairfield, Elizabethtown, Norway,
Jersalem Hill, West Frankfort, Spinnerville, Corrado Corners, Cedar
Lake, Farrel Corner, Countryman and North Ilion.
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.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
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LAT...LON 4314 7514 4323 7507 4328 7497 4302 7480
4293 7521 4305 7522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 239DEG 13KT 4307 7524
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Lewis | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady, Schoharie | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Herkimer, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 6:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 1:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 57 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.