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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Albany, NY

May 31, 2002Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2002, 12:59 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 61 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
May 31, 2002, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2002, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Herkimer County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 1:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindIlion, 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2002-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 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 2002-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 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.

551 
WUUS51 KALY 311659
SVRALY
NYC043-311800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1258 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 1250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST
  FRANKFORT TO 13 MILES WEST OF WEST WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 55
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  POLAND AND WEST FRANKFORT AT 105 PM EDT
  COLD BROOK AND WEST WINFIELD AT 105 PM EDT
  BLACK CREEK RESERVOIR AND MIDDLEVILLE AT 110 PM EDT
  MOHAWK AND HERKIMER AT 115 PM EDT
  PAINES HOLLOW AND LITTLE FALLS AT 120 PM EDT

THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. TAKE COVER IN
A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.


$$

LAT...LON 4322 7526 4300 7535 4280 7556 4294 7479
          4317 7470 4333 7476

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery54 min
May 31, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Warren, Washington55 min
May 31, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster61 min
May 31, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie71 min
May 31, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Schenectady60 min
May 31, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery43 min
May 31, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington67 min
May 31, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer58 min
May 31, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess45 min
May 31, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer44 min
May 31, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia26 min
May 31, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer65 min
May 31, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery59 min
May 31, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga59 min
May 31, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Schenectady, Ulster61 min
May 31, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie59 min
May 31, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington65 min
May 31, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany63 min
May 31, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer68 min
May 31, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene50 min
May 31, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster56 min
May 31, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess56 min
May 31, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningALYDutchess31 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.