Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2002, 4:28 PM EDT for Schenectady County, New York. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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 14, 2002, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Schenectady County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Niskayuna, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661 WUUS51 KALY 142028 SVRALY NYC093-142100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 428 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NISKAYUNA...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF COLONIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THIS THUDERSTORM WILL CROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN PART OF SCHENECTADY COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 3:52 AM EDT, 12 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:52 AM EDT, 12 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
330 AM EDT WED 14 2002
.DISC...
HOT RIDGE WITH H850 PLUS 20 INSURES HOTTEST DAY OF THE
SUMMER. ALB RECORD 97 WITH EXPECTED MAX +/-1 OF SAME.
TEMPS/TDS JUST REACH 105 HEAT ADVISORY THRESHOLD FOR
CAPITAL DISTRICT / HUDSON VALLEY / PARTS LITCHFIELD CTY.
THUNDER RISK SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. ISOLATED TO SLIGHT
CHANCE. BEST BET (20 PCT) GOES TO MOUNTAIN AREAS WITH
SOME OROGRAPHIC CONTRIBUTION TO OTHERWISE CONDITIONALLY
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. LITTLE ELSE WORKING TO IGNITE TSRA.
SLOW FRONT THURSDAY MAY KEEP MUCH OF CWA DRY...WITH BETTER
CHANCE PCPN THURSDAY NIGHT.
.HYDROLOGICAL STATUS...NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED.
SHORT TERM ISOLATED CONVECTION MAY CAUSE LOCAL
DRIANAGE PROBLEMS...BUT RIVERS AND STREAMS TO STAY
WELL BELOW NORMAL FLOW.
.ALY...NYZ 049-050-052-053-059-060-064-065-066-CTZ001
HEAT ADVISORY TODAY.
WILEYIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NYZ063-064-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 225 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ULSTER COUNTY... AT 225 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES WEST OF HARDENBURG...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... HARDENBURG AT 230 PM EDT... ULSTER HEIGHTS AND SUNDOWN AT 245 PM EDT... SHANDAKEN AND PEEKAMOOSE AT 255 PM EDT... PHOENICIA AND WEST SHOKAN AT 300 PM EDT...
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NYZ065-066-141915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 250 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DUTCHESS COUNTY... AT 250 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MYERS CORNER...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEACON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... HOPEWELL JUNCTION AND RED OAKS MILL AT 255 PM EDT... ARLINGTON AT 300 PM EDT... PLEASANT VALLEY AT 310 PM EDT... MILLBROOK AT 315 PM EDT...
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NYZ047-051-058-141945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 317 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SCHOHARIE...ALBANY AND GREENE COUNTIES... AT 317 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GILBOA TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLEISCHMANNS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTER TO 15 MILES WEST OF HUNTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... LIVINGSTONVILLE AT 325 PM EDT... RENSSELAERVILLE AND PRESTON HOLLOW AT 340 PM EDT... OAK HILL AT 345 PM EDT...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 55 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.