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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 491

July 4, 20024 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 4, 2002, 12:30 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2002, 12:30 PM EDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2002, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Lackawanna County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Orleans53 min
Jul 4, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Washington42 min
Jul 4, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Lamoille49 min
Jul 4, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVWashington48 min
Jul 4, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrleans54 min
Jul 4, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange55 min
Jul 4, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden24 min
Jul 4, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange61 min
Jul 4, 3:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVWashington3 hr
Jul 4, 4:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVWashington3 hr
Jul 4, 4:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVOrange3 hr
Jul 4, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange47 min

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2002-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1695 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 2002-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
1695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.2

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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.