Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 288

May 13, 200022 counties in New York; 6 counties in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 13, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT for 22 counties in New York; 6 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2000, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Warren County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland36 min
May 13, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton31 min
May 13, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Grand Isle31 min
May 13, 4:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCortland3 hr
May 13, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida63 min
May 13, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango48 min
May 13, 4:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHerkimer3 hr
May 13, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer44 min
May 13, 5:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMChenango3 hr
May 13, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMTioga3 hr
May 13, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego64 min
May 13, 5:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome3 hr
May 13, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningALYFulton, Hamilton26 min
May 13, 5:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Warren3 hr
May 13, 6:08 PM EDTTornado WarningALYMontgomery37 min

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2000-05-13Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 22 more7 hr
May 13, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange and 8 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Vermont, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.