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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

August 9, 2001Fulton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT for Fulton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2001, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
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
Aug 9, 6:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

168 
WFUS51 KALY 092215
TORALY
NYC035-043-092245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  WESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR DOLGEVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE FALLS...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  STRATFORD AND OPPENHEIM AT 620 PM EDT
  CAROGA LAKE AND ROCKWOOD AT 640 PM EDT

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 4321 7493 4306 7492 4302 7440 4321 7441

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, 5:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Herkimer	23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.