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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

May 1, 2003Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2003, 3:49 PM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 56 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
May 1, 2003, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, NY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 322 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 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.

393 
WUUS51 KALY 011949
SVRALY
NYC041-012045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
349 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM INLET TO 20 MILES WEST OF CASWELL
  LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CASWELL LAKE AT 400 PM EDT
  WEST CANADA LAKES AT 405 PM EDT
  INDIAN LAKE AT 410 PM EDT
  SABAEL AT 415 PM EDT
  SPECULATOR AND PISECO AT 420 PM EDT
  LAKE PLEASANT AT 425 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.

$$

LAT...LON 4369 7419 4349 7418 4341 7450 4341 7482
          4376 7481

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer47 min
May 1, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer47 min
May 1, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren49 min
May 1, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton63 min
May 1, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer45 min
May 1, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery56 min
May 1, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.