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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Albany, NY

July 17, 1997Bennington County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1997, 5:25 PM EDT for Bennington County, Vermont. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1997, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1997, 6:25 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Bennington County, VT

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 17, 5:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindManchester, VT
Jul 17, 6:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindDorset, VT

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 17, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 172125 RRA
SVRALB
VTC003-172225-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
525 PM EDT THU JUL 17 1997
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR

BENNINGTON  COUNTY -  IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

UNTIL  625 PM EDT

AT  525 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM.

THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR -

5 MILES EAST OF SALEM AT  530 PM.
5 MILES NORTH OF ARLINGTON AT  535 PM.
MANCHESTER AT  545 PM.
MANCHESTER CENTER AT  550 PM.
5 MILES SOUTH OF LONDONDERRY AT  610 PM.

IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA - BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN
A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM - AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.


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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.