Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 8:27 PM EDT for Greene County, New York. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2004, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greene County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
245
WUUS51 KALY 250027
SVRALY
NYC039-250100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
827 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...CATSKILL
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 823 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 6 MILES
WEST OF LANESVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTER...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUNTER BY 835 PM EDT
HIGH FALLS BY 855 PM EDT
6 MILES SOUTH OF CATSKILL BY 900 PM EDT
LAT...LON 4211 7426 4217 7444 4225 7444 4224 7383
4215 7392 4217 7402 4210 7407
$$
GM/KLWhat 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 May 24, 4:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 4:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 400 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 UPDATED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL 9 PM. .DISC...ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS KEEP COMING. ALY COUNTY WARNING AREA IN SLIGHT RISK WITH SPC DAY 1 (12Z/24TH-12Z/25TH). DAY 2 (12/25TH-12Z/26TH) GENERAL OUTLOOK WITH SLIGHT RISK JUST TO OUR WEST. DAY 3 (12Z/26TH-12Z/27TH) SLIGHT RISK MOST OF AREA. ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO BE MOIST AND VOLATILE. MODEL DIFFERENCES ARE HANDLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPULSES AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH FRONTAL ZONE. WILL FAVOR THE SLIGHTLY STRONGER GFS WITH SURFACE WAVE EXPECTED TO LIFT TOWARD UPPER MID WEST OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING GIVEN THE STRONGER INITIALIZATION OF ASSOCIATED SHORT WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERE POSSIBLE. WILL BE IN WARM SECTOR AS WARM FRONT FINALLY MOVING TO NORTH. THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH...SURFACE LOW AND COLD/OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK INTO NEW ENGLAND. MID LEVEL FLOW STRONG WITH 50-60 KT. PRIMARILY THREAT DAMAGING WIND THREAT. ALSO...STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL ALSO FAVOR A HAIL THREAT. MAY NEED REST OF TODAY OR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING PERIOD TO HANDLE CONVECTION. LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AFTER FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND CONVECTION MOVES OFF WITH IT WEAK RIDGING BUILDS IN BRIEFLY. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL PASS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH STALL TO OUR SOUTH THEN RETURN NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT. MAIN LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN CANADA. HOWEVER...ENERGY/LOW EJECTS FROM SOUTHERN PLAINS SYSTEM AND MOVE ACROSS OHIO VALLEY TRIGGERING MORE CONVECTION BEST CHANCES WILL BE WEDNESDAY MORNING. LONG TERM...FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE. .AVIATION...VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IMPROVING AT ALL VFR. MVFR WILL OCCUR WITH CONVECTION WITH POSSIBLE IFR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONCE CONVECTION MOVES OUT MVFR WITH FOG AND SCT STRATUS EXPECTED. .HYDROLOGY...VERY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION AND ALREADY WET CONDITIONS HAS PRODUCED SOME FLOODING ACROSS AREA. SEE FLOOD STATEMENTS (FLSALY) FOR DETAILS ON MOHAWK...MATTAWEE AND SACANDAGA RIVERS. MORE HEAVY RAINS WITH CONVECTION LATER TODAY BUT STORMS SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY ENOUGH. .ALY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM EDT...CTZ001-013- MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 5:06 AM EDT, 15 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 506 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-251100- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN IS FLASH FLOODING. BECAUSE SOME AREAS FROM THE MOHAWK VALLEY NORTHWARD INTO THE ADIRONDACKS AND EAST TO LAKE GEORGE HAD HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT...THESE AREAS HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING TODAY. .DAYS TWO THOUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION AND MORE DETAIL...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV. FROM THERE YOU CAN CLICK ON THE AREA YOU ARE INTERESTED IN...AND VISIT THE LOCAL FORECAST OFFICE IN THAT AREA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 2:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
230 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM TSTM WND DMG ASHLAND 42.30N 74.33W
05/24/2004 GREENE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN ON ROAD
&&
VTKLocal storm report, May 24, 3:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
306 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM TSTM WND DMG MIDDLEBURGH 42.60N 74.33W
05/24/2004 SCHOHARIE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN
&&
VTKLocal storm report, May 24, 4:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
403 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL FRANKFORT 43.04N 75.07W
05/24/2004 1.75 INCH HERKIMER NY BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
VTKSpecial weather statement, May 24, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 712 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 NYZ050-084-VTZ013-242330- ...THUNDERSTORMS IN BENNINGTON...SARATOGA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF LOCALIZED ROAD FLOODING IN SARATOGA COUNTY AT HIGH POINT NEAR MALTA RIDGE. RADAR INDICATED ONE HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 3.5 INCHES IN A STRIP FROM BALLSTON SPA IN SARATOGA COUNTY TO NEAR NORTH EASTON AND WHITE CREEK IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHAFTSBURY... ARLINGTON...ROUND LAKE...GREENWICH AND CAMBRIDGE.
Local storm report, May 24, 7:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0719PM MON MAY 24 2004
#1 0000001 000
FHIF WLSR APTS
00152 FILE 28 HIGHLAND FALLS PO NY0352400 MAY 24-04
TO APB
ROUTE 9W IS CLOSED IN FORT MONTGOMERY DUE TO A SERIOUS
PI MVA. AWAITING ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM
TRAFFIC IS BEING REROUTED THROUGH MONTGOMERY ROAD BACK TO ROUTE 9W
UNKNOWN ESTIMATED TIME FOR ROAD TO BE REOPENED.
AUTH CHIEF PETER MILLER BORRA/1916
CHIEF JOHN WHIFFEN TOWN OF HIGHLANDS POLICE NY0355800
OPER - BORRA,GINAMARIE 1918The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Ulster | 49 min |
| May 24, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 29 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.