Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 506
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 4, 2001, 3:30 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; 30 counties in New York; 13 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2001, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2001, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties
Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windsor County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 54 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Vermont, 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.