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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

December 11, 2021Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 11, 2021, 6:34 PM EST for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 26 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
Dec 11, 2021, 6:34 PM EST (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Dec 11, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 328 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 805 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
805 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
846 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Dec 11, 6:22 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 6:22 PM EST, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 4:39 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
439 PM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066-083-084-
VTZ013>015-121200-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-
Southern Berkshire-Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-
Northern Washington-Schoharie-Western Schenectady-
Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-Western Albany-Eastern Albany-
Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-
Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-
Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-Southeast Warren-
Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham-
439 PM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts, eastern New York excluding the southern
Adirondacks and Herkimer County, and for southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to relay wind damage reports or wind
measurements to the National Weather Service in Albany New York via
phone, email or social media.

NYZ032-033-038-042-082-121200-
Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-Northern Warren-
Northern Fulton-
439 PM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Herkimer, Hamilton, northern
Warren and northern Fulton Counties of eastern New York.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   High Wind Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to relay wind damage reports or wind
measurements to the National Weather Service in Albany New York via
phone, email or social media.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 11, 6:34 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 4:33 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren11 hr
Dec 11, 10:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY23 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.