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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

March 9, 2000Albany County, Schenectady County, Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2000, 5:50 PM EST for Albany County, Schenectady County, Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2000, 5:50 PM EST (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2000, 6:45 PM EST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Albany County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 9, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2000-03-09Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1348 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

974 
WUUS51 KALY 092250
SVRALB
NYC001-057-093-095-092345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
550 PM EST THU MAR 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...COHOES...COLONIE...LATHAM...
  LOUDONVILLE...ROESSLEVILLE...WATERVLIET...WESTMERE
  SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...EAST GLENVILLE...ROTTERDAM...SCOTIA
  NORTHEASTERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 545 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 24 MILES WEST OF SCOTIA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  NORTH OF COBLESKILL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER ROTTERDAM AT 620 PM EST
  OVER COLONIE...3 MILES NORTH OF ROESSLEVILLE AT 630 PM EST
  OVER GREEN ISLAND...LATHAM...2 MILES NORTH OF LOUDONVILLE...3 MILES
  SOUTH OF COHOES AT 635 PM EST
  
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEST SAND LAKE...
  WATERFORD...NISKAYUNA...MENANDS...HAMPTON MANOR AND AVERILL PARK

  REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
  WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
  OFFICE IN ALBANY.

  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST
  THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.

  LAT...LON 4289 7451 4271 7453 4257 7339 4284 7335

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 2:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer55 min
Mar 9, 5:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.