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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY

August 9, 2001Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2001, 5:52 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 23 min. 8 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 9, 2001, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Herkimer County, NY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Aug 9, 6:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Poland, NY
Aug 9, 6:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Newport, NY
Aug 9, 6:05 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Ohio, NY
Aug 9, 6:05 PM EDT	Hail 1.5	Newport, NY
Aug 9, 6:05 PM EDT	Hail 2	Poland, NY
Aug 9, 6:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Norway, NY
Aug 9, 6:20 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairfield, NY
Aug 9, 6:25 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Salisbury, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

671 
WFUS51 KALY 092152
TORALY
NYC043-092215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
552 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR POLAND...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF UTICA...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BLACK CREEK RESERVOIR AT 600 PM EDT

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OHIO...NEWPORT...GRANT AND
  COLD BROOK

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER 
IMMMEDIATELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE 
LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUIDLING. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND GET INSIDE A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

$$

LAT...LON 4331 7511 4313 7510 4313 7457 4335 7458

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	45 min
Aug 9, 6:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer	30 min
Aug 9, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Schenectady	61 min
Aug 9, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren	24 min
Aug 9, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	41 min

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.