Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2001, 6:51 PM EDT for Washington County, New York. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 20, 2001, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 6:59 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsbury, NY | |
| Aug 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ft Edward, 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WUUS51 KALY 202252 SVRALY NYC115-202315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 651 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARGYLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF HUDSON FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HARTFORD AND FORT ANN AT 700 PM EDT COMSTOCK AT 710 PM EDT NORTH GRANVILLE AND GRANVILLE AT 715 PM EDT * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HAMPTON AND ARGYLE 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. $$ LAT...LON 4331 7364 4319 7346 4349 7298 4367 7322
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 Aug 20, 2:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 2:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 235 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 .DISC...LINE OF SHWRS MOVG INTO THE WRN DACKS...A FEW LITE SHWRS ACRS THE N CNTRY AND AN OCCSNL SPKL ELSEWHERE. THIS WILL RAPIDLY DIE OUT WITH THE SUN DRPPG AND CLDS SHLD SLOWLY DISSPT AFTR SS MOST AREAS AS WELL. THIS THEME CARRIED THRU THE FCST PACKG WITH CHC ERLY EVE RW- N AND SLGT CHC S. DECIDED ON A DRY DAY FOR WED...AND ACTUALLY RATHER COMFORTABLE. NEXT POSSBLTY OF PCPN HINGES ON TRAJ OF SYS MOVG OUT OF THE CNTRL PART OF THE CNTRY LATE WED NITE INTO THU. GNRL TREND HAS BEEN A FURTHR SWRD PROGRESSN TO THIS FEATURE AND FEEL THIS IS WARRENTED. OPTED TO GO DRY WED NITE. HOWEVER...LOOKS AS THO THE MSTR WITH THE SYS AND POTENTIAL INSTBLTY AFTR SUN WRKS ON IT WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SOME RW/TRW ACTIVITY ACRS THE SRN PTNS OF THE FA. ADD TO THIS THE SFC FRONT DROPPG S ACRS THE NRN AREAS IN THE LATTER PART OF THE DAY AND YOU ALSO GET A CHC OF CONVCTN TO THE N. FRONT MOVES THRU THU NITE AND DRY...COOLER WX INVADES THE REGION THRU SAT. ANTHR FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE ON THRU SUN WHICH SHLD TRIGGER SOME CONVECTION. THEN DRY AGN AND JUST A BIT COOLER STILL. WRKZFP ALRDY GONE...AND WILL DO A VISUAL COOR WITH SURRDG OFFICES. .ALY...NY ERN/VT EXTRM SRN/MA EXTRM WRN/CT NW...NONE. CERNIGLIA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 4:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NYZ063-202115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 428 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS ULSTER COUNTY... AT 428 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLIVEBRIDGE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF KINGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... WEST HURLEY AT 440 PM EDT... WOODSTOCK AT 445 PM EDT...
Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
434 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM AMSTERDAM NY WIND DAMAGE
08/20/01 MONTGOMERY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SOME
ON HOUSES. HEAVY RAIN
CAUSING MANHOLE COVERS TO
. POP OUT.Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
452 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM AMSTERDAM NY WIND DAMAGE
08/20/01 MONTGOMERY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SOME
ON HOUSES. HEAVY RAIN
CAUSING MANHOLE COVERS TO
. POP OUT.
0450 PM GALWAY NY WIND DAMAGE
08/20/01 SARATOGA TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ON PERTH RD.
@ RUKWBCe4KDENNWUS51 KALY 202052
LSRALY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
452 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM AMSTERDAM NY WIND DAMAGE
08/20/01 MONTGOMERY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SOME
ON HOUSES. HEAVY RAIN
CAUSING MANHOLE COVERS TO
. POP OUT.
0450 PM GALWAY NY WIND DAMAGE
08/20/01 SARATOGA TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ON PERTH RD.
WASULASpecial weather statement, Aug 20, 5:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NYZ041-202145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 517 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES IN SARATOGA COUNTY... AT 515 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ROCK CITY FALLS...OR 7 MILES WEST OF SARATOGA SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN THE PAST...BUT HAS WEAKENED. IT IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... PORTER CORNERS AND SARATOGA SPRINGS AT 520 PM EDT... WILTON AND CORINTH AT 535 PM EDT... GANSEVOORT AND FERNWOOD AT 545 PM EDT...
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 5:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
NYZ041-050-202200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 531 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SARATOGA COUNTY... AT 531 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GALWAY...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMSTERDAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... ROCK CITY FALLS AND MILTON AT 540 PM EDT... PORTER CORNERS AND SARATOGA SPRINGS AT 555 PM EDT... WILTON AND CORINTH AT 600 PM EDT...
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 6:48 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
NYZ043-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 648 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 648 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HARTFORD...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUDSON FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... NORTH GRANVILLE AND GRANVILLE AT 700 PM EDT... HAMPTON AT 715 PM EDT...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 57 min |
| Aug 20, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga | 4 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.