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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 28, 2021, 12:21 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 54 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
- Sep 28, 2021, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Dutchess County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
298
WWUS81 KALY 281621
SPSALY
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
1221 PM EDT Tue Sep 28 2021
CTZ001-013-MAZ025-NYZ060-061-064>066-281715-
Southern Litchfield CT-Northern Litchfield CT-Southern Berkshire MA-
Eastern Dutchess NY-Eastern Columbia NY-Western Columbia NY-
Western Dutchess NY-Eastern Ulster NY-
1221 PM EDT Tue Sep 28 2021
...An area of strong thunderstorms will impact portions of
Litchfield, southern Berkshire, eastern Ulster, Dutchess and
southern Columbia Counties through 115 PM EDT...
At 1220 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Staatsburg, or 8 miles southeast of Rhinebeck, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Heavy rains could cause flooding.
Locations impacted include...
Torrington, Poughkeepsie, New Milford, Kingston, Beacon, New Paltz,
Saugerties, Sherman, Rhinebeck, Pawling, Hyde Park, Milton,
Plattekill, Canton, Pleasant Valley, Thomaston, New Hartford, Hurley,
Wappingers Falls and Amenia.
This includes Interstate 87 between exits 18 and 20.
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.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 4159 7395 4161 7411 4214 7404 4216 7303
4215 7307 4197 7303 4197 7289 4181 7295
4180 7302 4164 7298 4156 7316 4151 7316
4151 7332 4147 7333 4151 7339 4149 7344
4167 7352 4153 7353 4149 7393 4144 7398
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 263DEG 31KT 4183 7382
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
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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.