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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 14, 2021Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 4:37 AM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 53 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 14, 2021, 4:37 AM EDT (08:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2021, 5:30 AM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 331 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: 935 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 14, 4:03 AM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 4:03 AM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 4:14 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 3:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
330 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

NYZ032-038-140845-
Northern Herkimer NY-Southern Herkimer NY-
330 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Herkimer County
through 445 AM EDT...

At 329 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Redfield to near Oneida to near Edmeston.
Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size 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, Old Forge, Mohawk, Frankfort,
Dolgeville, Ohio, West Winfield, Newport, Middleville, Poland, Cold
Brook, Jordanville, Big Moose, Nicks Lake Campground, Alger Island
Public Campground, McKeever, Limekiln Lake Campground and Eagle Bay.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 29A and 30.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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LAT...LON 4322 7507 4326 7516 4330 7515 4333 7508
      4410 7517 4405 7506 4406 7485 4349 7477
      4334 7487 4329 7471 4317 7470 4311 7477
      4302 7474 4287 7476 4290 7488 4283 7491
      4291 7510 4286 7514 4286 7521 4305 7522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 231DEG 31KT 4352 7572 4311 7563 4272 7514

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:37 AM 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 13, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	52 min
Aug 13, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	50 min
Aug 13, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	47 min
Aug 13, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	40 min
Aug 13, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	45 min
Aug 13, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	40 min
Aug 13, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	42 min
Aug 14, 3:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	75 min
Aug 13, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	45 min
Aug 13, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	51 min
Aug 14, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		47 min

Nearby

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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.