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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 27, 2021Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 3:40 PM EDT for Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 50 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 27, 2021, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.7

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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 27, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 4:33 AM EDT, 11 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
340 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

NYZ047-272030-
Schoharie NY-
340 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Schoharie County through 430 PM EDT...

At 340 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Stamford, or 19 miles northwest of Hunter, moving south 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...
Gilboa, Conesville, Ruth, South Gilboa, South Jefferson, Welch
Corners and West Conesville.

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.

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LAT...LON 4248 7459 4242 7437 4237 7438 4236 7444
      4243 7462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 018DEG 11KT 4239 7452

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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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 27, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	29 min
Aug 27, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Schoharie	81 min
Aug 27, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	26 min
Aug 27, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	31 min
Aug 27, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	52 min
Aug 27, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	118 min
Aug 27, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	50 min
Aug 27, 7:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	2 hr
Aug 27, 7:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	2 hr
Aug 27, 7:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	111 min
Aug 27, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		51 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.