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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 485

July 1, 200127 counties in New York; 4 counties in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 1, 2001, 8:15 AM EDT for 27 counties in New York; 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2001, 8:15 AM EDT (12:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2001, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Allegany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Yates County, NY, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 9:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego37 min
Jul 1, 9:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer62 min
Jul 1, 9:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson41 min
Jul 1, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne30 min
Jul 1, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Oswego49 min
Jul 1, 12:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca61 min
Jul 1, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga60 min
Jul 1, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVSt. Lawrence60 min
Jul 1, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis42 min
Jul 1, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida85 min
Jul 1, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer79 min
Jul 1, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMYates60 min

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 2001-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1136 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 2001-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery and 7 more6 hr
Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery and 6 more7 hr
Jul 1, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 8 more6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.