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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Albany, NY

May 24, 2004Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 5:26 PM EDT for Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 49 min. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2004, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saratoga County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 6:00 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Ballston Spa, NYHAIL ON MIDDLELINE ROAD.
May 24, 6:00 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Ballston Spa, NYHAIL ON MIDDLELINE ROAD.
May 24, 6:02 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Malta, NYHAIL AT ROUTE 67 AND EXIT 12 OF NORTHWAY.
May 24, 6:02 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Malta, NYHAIL AT ROUTE 67 AND EXIT 12 OF NORTHWAY.
May 24, 6:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRound Lake, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON EASTLINE ROAD.
May 24, 6:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRound Lake, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON EASTLINE ROAD.
May 24, 6:18 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Saratoga Lake, NY
May 24, 6:18 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Saratoga Lake, NY
May 24, 6:18 PM EDTHAIL 1Malta, NY
May 24, 6:18 PM EDTHAIL 1Malta, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-444 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

306 
WUUS51 KALY 242126
SVRALY
NYC091-242215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
526 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SARATOGA COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  GALWAY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMSTERDAM...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCK CITY FALLS BY 535 PM EDT
  MILTON AND BALLSTON SPA BY 540 PM EDT
  6 MILES NORTH OF ROUND LAKE BY 545 PM EDT
  SARATOGA SPRINGS BY 550 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4293 7366 4293 7401 4298 7409 4311 7411
          4314 7359 4301 7360

$$

GM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer59 min
May 23, 10:50 PM EDTTornado WarningALYHerkimer25 min
May 23, 11:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton56 min
May 23, 11:17 PM EDTTornado WarningALYFulton28 min
May 23, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer65 min
May 24, 12:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery51 min
May 24, 2:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHerkimer6 hr
May 24, 3:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHamilton6 hr
May 24, 4:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWarren6 hr
May 24, 5:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchenectady39 min
May 24, 6:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer32 min
May 24, 8:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer, Warren11 hr
May 24, 10:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie59 min
May 24, 10:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Schenectady, Schoharie, Ulster64 min
May 24, 11:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Ulster62 min
May 24, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer28 min
May 24, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess66 min
May 24, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery62 min
May 24, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Schoharie57 min
May 24, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster61 min
May 24, 4:37 PM EDTTornado WarningALYFulton23 min
May 24, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany56 min
May 24, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess65 min
May 24, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer62 min
May 24, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia60 min
May 24, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer56 min
May 24, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster60 min
May 24, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie66 min
May 24, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren62 min
May 24, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany57 min
May 24, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schenectady52 min
May 24, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Washington64 min
May 24, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene53 min
May 24, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer66 min
May 24, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningALYRensselaer46 min
May 24, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie62 min
May 24, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene59 min
May 24, 7:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYSaratoga, Washington105 min
May 24, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington65 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.