Alert archive / New Hampshire / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 457

June 20, 20015 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 20, 2001, 2:30 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2001, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2001, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene71 min
Jun 20, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire49 min
Jun 20, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHillsborough42 min
Jun 20, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXMerrimack, Rockingham54 min
Jun 20, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia65 min
Jun 20, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXRockingham48 min
Jun 20, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHillsborough46 min
Jun 20, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire72 min
Jun 20, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange43 min
Jun 20, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXStrafford55 min
Jun 20, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork63 min
Jun 20, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXRockingham37 min
Jun 20, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire43 min
Jun 20, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWindham58 min
Jun 20, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampshire45 min
Jun 20, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess49 min
Jun 20, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampshire, Worcester52 min
Jun 20, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden51 min
Jun 20, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPutnam, Westchester48 min
Jun 20, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Worcester47 min
Jun 20, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex38 min

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2001-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 226 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2001-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 20, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery and 7 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Hampshire, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Connecticut, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Massachusetts, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.