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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 704

August 31, 20016 counties in New York; 7 counties in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 31, 2001, 3:15 PM EDT for 6 counties in New York; 7 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2001, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2001, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Warren County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Washington County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren63 min
Aug 31, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVLamoille55 min
Aug 31, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer54 min
Aug 31, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Washington61 min

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2001-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1164 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 2001-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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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
Aug 31, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 15 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Vermont, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 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.