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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Albany, NY

June 27, 2002Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2002, 4:17 PM EDT for Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2002, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2002, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Saratoga County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 27, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 46 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KALY 272017
SVRALY
NYC091-272115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
416 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SARATOGA COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 409 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDINBURG TO
  22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALWAY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DAY CENTER AT 420 PM EDT
  CONKLINGVILLE AT 430 PM EDT
  CORINTH AT 435 PM EDT
  FAYVILLE AT 440 PM EDT
  GALWAY AT 445 PM EDT
  FERNWOOD AND ROCK CITY FALLS AT 455 PM EDT

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 Jun 27, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
230 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

.DISC...SVR TSTM BOX ISSUED UNTIL 8PM. RADAR SHOWING PCPN
DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTION OF CWA.  SAT PIC SHOWING BREAKS
IN CLDS ACROSS THE CWA SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH HEATING OF
SUN AND FRONTAL PASSAGE SVR TSTMS LOOK LIKELY.  12Z MORNING SOUNDING
CALCULATED A CAPE OF 1632 J/KG.  NEW ETA RUN GENERATING A GOOD
AMOUNT OF SFC BASED CAPE ACROSS THE CWA ALSO WITH LI IN SUPPORT OF
SVR WX. WILL WORD TONIGHT AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
LOOKS LIKE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE THROUGH FCA BETWEEN 02Z AND 06Z.
FRI LOOKS TO BE QUIET. FRONT IS THROUGH THE CWA AND HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

LONG TERM...THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST LOOKS QUIET ON
FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.  TEMPS LOOK TO BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.  LONG RANGE MODELS KEEPING THE MOISTURE IN
THE SOUTH EASTERN PORTION OF THE US FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY AND ON
WEDNESDAY.

.HYDRO STATUS...WILL EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE CWA THIS
EVENING WITH THUNDERSTORMS.  WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON ANY
SLOW MOVING CELLS/TRAINING CELLS.

.ALY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8PM.
NYC001-039-093-113-083-095-115-021-027-091-111-035-041-043-057-

KOLECI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

CTZ001-MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-VTZ013-014-
272300-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1130 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK
AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS MORNING.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST...AND MORE WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...AND
CONTAIN DAMAGING GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY IN THESE STORMS.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY HUMID AND UNSTABLE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS.  TOWARD MIDNIGHT...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DIMINISH...
AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION...AND PULLS DRIER AIR INTO
EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND FOR FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND.

NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO REVIEW YOUR PLANS...CONCERNING WHAT TO DO IN
THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER.  STAY ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.

AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CLOSELY MONITOR
THIS SITUATION. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER IN THE DAY.

BACH

Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
242 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0225 PM    SARATOGA SPGS             NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/02   SARATOGA                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:51 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
351 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0225 PM    SARATOGA SPGS             NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/02   SARATOGA                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

0313 PM    CAMBRIDGE                 NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/02   WASHINGTON                     POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:09 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
409 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0225 PM    SARATOGA SPGS             NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/02   SARATOGA                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

0313 PM    CAMBRIDGE                 NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/02   WASHINGTON                     POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN

0350 PM    NEWPORT                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/02   HERKIMER                       NUMEROUS TREES/POWER
                                          LINES/ POWER POLES DOWN

NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga	23 min
Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	24 min
Jun 27, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Saratoga	54 min
Jun 27, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	61 min
Jun 27, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery	59 min
Jun 27, 4:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Saratoga	5 hr
Jun 27, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	56 min
Jun 27, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Schenectady	61 min
Jun 27, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.