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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this snow squall warning at Feb 19, 2022, 11:46 AM EST for Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2022, 11:46 AM EST (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2022, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fulton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow squall warning 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 snow squall warning went out at Feb 19, 10:04 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 10:04 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 458 AM EST Sat Feb 19 2022 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082-201200- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-Southern Herkimer-Southern Fulton-Montgomery- Northern Saratoga-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-Northern Fulton- 458 AM EST Sat Feb 19 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Mohawk and Schoharie valleys, Capital District, Saratoga Region, eastern Catskills, Taconics and mid- Hudson Valley in eastern New York, western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Snow showers and scattered snow squalls are likely late this morning into the early to mid afternoon along with the passage of a strong cold front. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to relay snow and wind damage reports to the National Weather Service in Albany New York. NYZ042-043-083-084-VTZ013>015-201200- Northern Warren-Northern Washington-Southeast Warren- Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham- 458 AM EST Sat Feb 19 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Vermont and the Lake George Glens Falls area and all of Washington County in eastern New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Snow showers and scattered snow squalls are likely late this morning into the early to mid afternoon along with the passage of a strong cold front. Some blowing snow and gusty winds to 40 mph are possible with the frontal passage and in the wake of it into the early evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to relay snow reports to the National Weather Service in Albany New York. NYZ032-033-201200- Northern Herkimer-Hamilton- 458 AM EST Sat Feb 19 2022 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Herkimer and Hamilton Counties in eastern New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Snow showers and scattered snow squalls are likely late this morning into the early to mid afternoon along with the passage of a strong cold front. Some blowing snow and gusty winds to 40 mph are possible with the frontal passage and in the wake of it into the early evening. Wind Chills will be close to 20 degrees below zero early Sunday morning. A Wind Chill Advisory may be needed if these wind chills occur and are widespread. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report winter precipitation amounts to the National Weather Service in Albany New York.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 9:57 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
957 AM EST Sat Feb 19 2022
NYZ032-033-191545-
Northern Herkimer NY-Hamilton NY-
957 AM EST Sat Feb 19 2022
...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON
COUNTIES...
HAZARDS...A snow squall which can rapidly reduce visibility to less
than a quarter of a mile.
LOCATION AND MOVEMENT...At 956 AM EST, a snow squall was 10 miles
southwest of Star Lake, or 23 miles north of Old Forge moving east at
45 MPH.
THIS SQUALL WILL BE NEAR...
Raquette Lake and Brown Tract Pond Campground around 1030 AM EST.
Golden Beach Campground around 1035 AM EST.
Forked Lake Public Campground and Lake Eaton Campground around
1040 AM EST.
SAFETY INFO...
Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this squall.
Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads may lead to
accidents.
&&
LAT...LON 4356 7474 4356 7510 4410 7517 4405 7505
4412 7434 4411 7434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 287DEG 40KT 4403 7514
CSSpecial weather statement, Feb 19, 10:51 AM EST, 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 9:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 48 min |
| Feb 19, 10:48 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 57 min |
| Feb 19, 10:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 54 min |
| Feb 19, 11:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 52 min |
| Feb 19, 12:03 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 57 min |
| Feb 19, 12:16 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady | 59 min |
| Feb 19, 12:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 54 min |
| Feb 19, 12:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Schoharie | 57 min |
| Feb 19, 12:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 33 min |
| Feb 19, 1:04 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 56 min |
| Feb 19, 1:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 43 min |
| Feb 19, 1:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady, Washington | 21 min |
| Feb 19, 1:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Greene | 35 min |
| Feb 19, 1:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 43 min |
| Feb 19, 1:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 66 min |
| Feb 19, 2:02 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster | 43 min |
| Feb 19, 2:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 59 min |
| Feb 19, 2:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 55 min |
| Feb 19, 2:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 59 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.