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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY

March 9, 2000Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2000, 7:02 PM EST for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 58 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, 7:02 PM EST (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2000, 8:00 PM EST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ulster County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KALY 100002
SVRALB
NYC111-100100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW PALTZ

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 656 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF ELLENVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  NORTH OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KERHONKSON...4 MILES NORTH OF ELLENVILLE AT 715 PM EST
  NEW PALTZ...5 MILES SOUTH OF TILLSON AT 730 PM EST
  3 MILES NORTH OF HIGHLAND AT 735 PM EST

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

  LAT...LON 4184 7474 4166 7474 4165 7394 N4188 7394

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 7:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess58 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.