Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2003, 3:18 PM EDT for Albany County, Schenectady County, New York. It was in force for 72 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
- Jul 21, 2003, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Albany County, NY, Schenectady County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KALY 211918
SVRALY
NYC001-093-212030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
318 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ALBANY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHERN SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF BERNE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST
OF COBLESKILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DELANSON AT 335 PM EDT
BERNE AT 340 PM EDT
KNOX AT 345 PM EDT
DUANESBURG AT 350 PM EDT
ALTAMONT AND THATCHER STATE PARK AT 405 PM EDT
VOORHEESVILLE AT 420 PM EDT
THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. TAKE COVER IN
A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN
PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
$$
WASULA/MAGLARAS
LAT...LON 4261 7377 4257 7424 4264 7417 4270 7417
4271 7426 4274 7431 4284 7410 4288 7391
4278 7381 4283 7369 4270 7369The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 75 min |
| Jul 21, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 58 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.