Alert archive / Massachusetts / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 24 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 30, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 30
County Berkshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 71 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 65 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
360
WWUS81 KALY 302221
SPSALY
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
621 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
MAZ025-NYZ061-302245-
Southern Berkshire MA-Eastern Columbia NY-
621 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Berkshire and east central Columbia Counties through 645 PM EDT...
At 621 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Austerlitz, or 7 miles northwest of Great Barrington, moving
southeast at 15 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...
Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Sheffield, Austerlitz, Housatonic,
Ashley Falls, Stockbridge, Hillsdale, Richmond, West Stockbridge,
Monterey, Alford, Tyringham, Hartsville, Glendale, North Hillsdale,
Williamsville, Harlemville and North Egremont.
People attending Tanglewood should seek safe shelter immediately!
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 4224 7308 4205 7333 4205 7342 4228 7362
4231 7362 4239 7335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 305DEG 15KT 4226 7346
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
ATEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie and 1 more | 61 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Putnam | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 27 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.