Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2003, 9:37 PM EDT for Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 53 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, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2003, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.6
- Supercell composite
- 21.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
032 WUUS51 KALY 220137 SVRALY VTC025-220230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 937 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 936 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JAMAICA TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WINDHAM AND TOWNSHEND AT 940 PM EDT WEST DUMMERSTON AND GUILFORD CENTER AT 945 PM EDT BRATTLEBORO AT 950 PM EDT VERNON AND SAXTONS RIVER AT 955 PM EDT WESTMINSTER AND BELLOWS FALLS AT 1000 PM EDT THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. $$ LAT...LON 4321 7290 4245 7288 4244 7212 4319 7211
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 Jul 21, 3:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 3:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 345 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 .DISC...WATCHES AND WARNING BEING ISSUED AT THIS TIME SO WILL BE BRIEF. HAVEN/T CHANGED MUCH FROM THE PREVIOUS FCST. CATEGORICAL/LIKELY POPS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. CHANCE POPS TUESDAY NITE INTO EARLY WED...THEN LIKELY POPS WED AFTN INTO WED NITE. .HYDROLOGICAL DISCUSSION...TOTAL PCPN VALUES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 3-4 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...BUT WILL BE SPREAD OUT OVER 3 DAYS. THIS AMOUNT OF PCPN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME SHOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOOD PROBLEMS. HOWEVER...WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR TIMES WHEN HEAVY PCPN MAY BE CONCENTRATED INTO A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...OR FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY LOCALIZED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. .ALY...NONE. MAGLARAS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 4:30 AM EDT, 17 hours 7 minutes before
CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-220830- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 430 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS AND DAMAGING HAIL. ALSO OF CONCERN IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THOUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...WITH SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS...IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:45 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
845 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0317 PM MIDDLEBURG NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 SCHOHARIE WIRES DOWN
0346 PM LEXINGTON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 GREENE TREES DOWN
0401 PM GUILDERLAND NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALBANY TREE DOWN
0411 PM COLONIE NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALBANY LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN/
WIRES DOWN
0425 PM CLIFTON PARK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 SARATOGA TREES DOWN/ WIRES DOWN
0437 PM SCHAGHTICOKE NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER TREES DOWN
0440 PM PITTSTOWN NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER TREES DOWN
0441 PM HOOSICK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER TREES DOWN
0800 PM NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ULSTER NUMEROUS TREES/WIRES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE
0815 PM NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 DUTCHESS NUMEROUS TREES/WIRES/POWER
OUTAGES COUNTYWIDE
0823 PM CATSKILL NY TORNADO
07/21/03 GREENE TWO HOUSES DESTROYED BY
POSSIBLE TORNADO. PEOPLE
TRAPPED INSIDE.
0825 PM HUDSON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 COLUMBIA NUMEROUS TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 21, 8:57 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
0858PM MON JUL 21 2003
#1 0000001 000
AWLS WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00345 FILE 28 WELLSVILLE PD NY0022800 JUL 21-03
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: ALLEGANY
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): VILLAGE OF WELLSVILLE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: JUL 21 03 1615 HRS
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: MANY TREES AND LIMBS DOWN ON HOUSES
VEHICLES POWERLINES AND IN ROADWAYS
FIRE,PUBLIC WORKS CREWS HAVE CLEARED MOST, SOME ISOLATED TREES AND LIMBS STILL
FALLING
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2 (PEA)
( ) - 1/2 (MARBLE) ( ) - 1/2 TO 3/4 (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4 TO 1 (DIME) ( ) - 1.25 (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50 (WALNUT) ( ) - 1.75 (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00 (HENS EGG) ( ) - 2.50 (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75 (BASEBALL) ( ) - 3.00 (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00 (GRAPEFRUIT) ( ) - 4.50 (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES (X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/TSTORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
(X) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
(X) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
(X) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS: MOST AREAS HAVE OR ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL DEBRIS HAS BEEN REMOVED
FEEDER STREAMS THAT OVERFLOWED HAVE RECEEDED HOWEVER REMAIN FULL TO TOP OF
THIER BANKS ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFUL WOULD EASILY CAUSE THEM TO OVERFLOW AGAIN.
AUTH PHONE #: 585 593-5600
AUTH CICIRELLO, J A COP
OPER - ELDRIDGE,CHRISTOPHER D 2058Local storm report, Jul 21, 9:01 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
901 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0317 PM MIDDLEBURG NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 SCHOHARIE WIRES DOWN
0346 PM LEXINGTON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 GREENE TREES DOWN
0401 PM GUILDERLAND NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALBANY TREE DOWN
0411 PM COLONIE NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALBANY LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN/
WIRES DOWN
0425 PM CLIFTON PARK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 SARATOGA TREES DOWN/ WIRES DOWN
0437 PM SCHAGHTICOKE NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER TREES DOWN
0440 PM PITTSTOWN NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER TREES DOWN
0441 PM HOOSICK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER TREES DOWN
0800 PM NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ULSTER NUMEROUS TREES/WIRES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE
0815 PM NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 DUTCHESS NUMEROUS TREES/WIRES/POWER
OUTAGES COUNTYWIDE
0823 PM CATSKILL NY TORNADO
07/21/03 GREENE TWO HOUSES DESTROYED BY
POSSIBLE TORNADO. PEOPLE
TRAPPED INSIDE.
0825 PM HUDSON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 COLUMBIA NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0900 PM BETHLEHEM CENTER NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALBANY TREES DOWN ON DELAWARE
AVE.Local storm report, Jul 21, 9:12 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
0913PM MON JUL 21 2003
#2 0000002 000
KCSO WLSR
02023 FILE 28 COLUMBIA CO SO NY0100000 JUL 21-03
TO ATTN NWS
THE WESTERN SIDE OF COLUMBIA COUNTY HAS BEEN HIT WITH A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. AT THIS TIME NO FATALITIES BUT NUMEROUS TREES AND
WIRES DOWN.
AUTH DEP P GROLL/ AND SENT 2112
OPER - GROLL,PETER J 2113Local storm report, Jul 21, 9:12 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
0913PM MON JUL 21 2003
#1 0000001 000
AWLS WLSR QTRF QHQT APTS WAPT
00346 FILE 28 WELLSVILLE PD NY0022800 JUL 21-03
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER
ROAD FLOODING
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: ALLEGANY
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPROPRIATE:
(X) - ROAD FLOODING
(X) - ROADSIDE CULVERTS FLOODING
(X) - STORM SEWERS BACKING UP CAUSING LOCAL URBAN FLOODING
(X) - WATER COLLECTING IN LOW LYING UNDERPASSES
( ) - OTHER
LOCATION: VILLAGE OF WELLSVILLE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: JUL 21 03 1615 HRS
NEAREST TOWN/CITY: VILLAGE OF WELLSVILLE
REMARKS: MANY HOMES AND BUS IN THE VILLAGE TOOK ON CONSIDERABLE WATER.
MOST WATER IN BUILDINGS HAS RECEEDED. FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE OUT ANOTHER HOUR OR
SO PUMPING WATER FROM THE WELLSVILLE CAMPUS OF ALFRED STATE COLLEGE WHICH WAS
HEAVILY FLOODED. NO ONE WAS EVACUATED FROM THIER HOMES. MANY SMALL FEEDER
STREAMS THAT SPILLED OVER HAVE RECEEDED BUT REMAIN FULL TO THE TOP OF
THIER BANKS. ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFUL WOULD CAUSE THEM TO SPILL OVER
AGAIN. ALL STREETS IN THE VILLAGE THAT WERE FLOODED HAVE BEEN REOPENED
AUTH PHONE #: 585 593-5600
AUTH CICIRELLO, J A COP
OPER - ELDRIDGE,CHRISTOPHER D 2112Local storm report, Jul 21, 9:16 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
916 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0317 PM MIDDLEBURG NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 SCHOHARIE WIRES DOWN
0346 PM LEXINGTON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 GREENE TREES DOWN
0401 PM GUILDERLAND NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALBANY TREE DOWN
0411 PM COLONIE NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALBANY LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN/
WIRES DOWN
0425 PM CLIFTON PARK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 SARATOGA TREES DOWN/ WIRES DOWN
0437 PM SCHAGHTICOKE NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER TREES DOWN
0440 PM PITTSTOWN NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER TREES DOWN
0441 PM HOOSICK NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER TREES DOWN
0800 PM NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ULSTER NUMEROUS TREES/WIRES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE
0815 PM NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 DUTCHESS NUMEROUS TREES/WIRES/POWER
OUTAGES COUNTYWIDE
0816 PM BETHLEHEM CENTER NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALBANY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0820 PM ESOPUS NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ULSTER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0823 PM CATSKILL NY TORNADO
07/21/03 GREENE TWO HOUSES DESTROYED BY
POSSIBLE TORNADO. PEOPLE
TRAPPED INSIDE.
0825 PM HUDSON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 COLUMBIA NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0858 PM LENOX DALE MA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 BERKSHIRE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0900 PM NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 RENSSELAER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE
0900 PM BETHLEHEM CENTER NY WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALBANY TREES DOWN ON DELAWARE
AVE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Bennington | 48 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.