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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Albany, NY

July 1, 2001Fulton County, Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2001, 9:43 AM EDT for Fulton County, Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2001, 9:43 AM EDT (13:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2001, 10:45 AM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KALY 011344
SVRALY

NYC035-041-043-011445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
943 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT

* AT 940 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST CANADA
  LAKES TO FAIRFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  KNAPPVILLE AND STRATFORD AT 950 AM EDT
  PISECO AT 955 AM EDT
  SABAEL AND INDIAN LAKE AT 1000 AM EDT
  WELLS AT 1005 AM EDT
  BLEECKER AND HOPE AT 1010 AM EDT
  CRANBERRY CREEK AND MAYFIELD AT 1015 AM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMBAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 1, 8:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 8:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
826 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001

.DISC...QUICK UPDATE TO ZONES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
OTHERWISE NO CHANGES AS ENHANCED WORDING ALREADY IIN FCST.

.ALY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 200 PM EDT
       NYZ032-033-038>040-042

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 12:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	60 min
Jul 1, 12:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	67 min
Jul 1, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	79 min
Jul 1, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	64 min
Jul 1, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	80 min
Jul 1, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany	56 min
Jul 1, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga	63 min
Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	78 min
Jul 1, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	59 min
Jul 1, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	66 min
Jul 1, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	58 min
Jul 1, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2001 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.