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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

August 3, 2026

NWS Albany, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2026, 2:52 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 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 3, 2026, 2:52 AM EDT (06:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2026, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 5:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYDutchess3 hr
Aug 3, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer27 min
Aug 3, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer50 min
Aug 3, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington46 min
Aug 3, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington43 min
Aug 3, 3:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region4 hr
Aug 3, 5:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY59 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.