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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY

May 10, 2000Fulton County, Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2000, 2:30 PM EDT for Fulton County, Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 60 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
May 10, 2000, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Fulton County, NY, Saratoga County, NY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

409 
WUUS51 KALY 101830
SVRALB
NYC035-091-101930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
230 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
  SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF AMSTERDAM...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILTON AT 250 PM EDT...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AT 255 PM EDT...
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORINTH AT 300 PM EDT...
  3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH GLENS FALLS AT 315 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4306 7432 4290 7419 4326 7323 4349 7341

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess26 min
May 10, 7:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer64 min
May 10, 7:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess57 min
May 10, 7:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster56 min
May 10, 8:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess49 min
May 10, 9:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster60 min
May 10, 9:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess57 min
May 10, 10:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster52 min
May 10, 11:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess59 min
May 10, 12:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer52 min
May 10, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie45 min
May 10, 1:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHerkimer2 hr
May 10, 4:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer5 hr
May 10, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga28 min
May 10, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga25 min
May 10, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer28 min
May 10, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Washington24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.