Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY

June 3, 2001Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 9:44 AM EDT for Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2001, 9:44 AM EDT (13:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Rensselaer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 10:00 AM EDTThunderstorm WindSand Lake, 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 nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 533 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KALY 031344
SVRALY
NYC083-031445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
944 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT

* AT 937 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF SCHAGHTICOKE TO
  NASSAU...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SCHAGHTICOKE AND POESTENKILL AT 950 AM EDT
  VALLEY FALLS AND AVERILL PARK AT 955 AM EDT
  GRAFTON AND STEPHENTOWN AT 1010 AM EDT
  BERLIN AT 1015 AM EDT
  HOOSICK FALLS AT 1020 AM 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 VERY HEAVY
RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster62 min
Jun 3, 8:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess56 min
Jun 3, 9:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia62 min
Jun 3, 10:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.