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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Albany, NY

August 9, 2000Albany County, Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 11:05 PM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2000, 11:05 PM EDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 11:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindSchodack Center, NY
Aug 9, 11:53 PM EDTThunderstorm WindStephentown, NY
Aug 9, 11:54 PM EDTHail 0.88Stephentown, NY
Aug 9, 11:55 PM EDTHail 1Stephentown, NY

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
Aug 9, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 805 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

233 
WUUS51 KALY 100305
SVRALB
NYC001-083-100400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1105 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
  SOUTHERN RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1057 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SELKIRK...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES SOUTH OF DELMAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON AT 1110 PM EDT
  5 MILES SOUTH OF EAST GREENBUSH AT 1115 PM EDT
  NASSAU AT 1120 PM EDT
  7 MILES SOUTH OF WEST SAND LAKE AT 1125 PM EDT
  6 MILES SOUTH OF AVERILL PARK AT 1130 PM EDT
  STEPHENTOWN AT 1135 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4265 7415 4245 7409 4253 7337 4274 7332

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer55 min
Aug 9, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Schoharie65 min
Aug 9, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia67 min
Aug 10, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster56 min
Aug 10, 12:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.