Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Albany, NY

May 13, 2004Warren County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2004, 1:34 PM EDT for Warren County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 26 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 13, 2004, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2004, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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 nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 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.

000 
WUUS51 KALY 131734
SVRALY
NYC113-115-131800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
133 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WHITEHALL

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BOLTON LANDING...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARRENSBURG...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HULETTS LANDING BY 150 PM EDT
  WHITEHALL AND 8 MILES NORTH OF COMSTOCK BY 200 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4371 7371 4354 7378 4343 7338 4365 7329

$$

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 May 13, 11:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 11:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1147 AM EDT THU MAY 13 2004

.DISC...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR
MOST OF OUR CWA FROM NOON TO 1000 PM EXCEPT FOR NW ZNS. AMS VERY
MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH PWATER IN THE 1.5 INCH RANGE. MAIN PROBLEM
IS WEEK STEERING WINDS AND FNTL BNDRY VCNTY NY/WRN NEW ENG BDR.
ANY TSTMS WHICH DO DVLP WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED VERY HVY
RAIN. COOR WITH BGM BTV BOX OKX.

MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO MAX TEMPS FOR TODAY.

.ALY...FFA THRU 1000 PM FOR ALL ZNS EXCPT NYC032-033-038-039-040-082

GG

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 12:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1200 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2004

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013-014-141100-

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN
NEW ENGLAND.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING EFFECTIVE NOON TODAY THRU 10PM THIS
EVENING. LOCALIZED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POSSIBLE FROM SLOW-MOVING
HEAVY PRECIPITATION THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS
UNLIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THOUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUIRED. HOWEVER ACTIVATION WILL BE
REQUESTED WHEN AND WHERE SIGNIFICANT STORM ACTIVITY MATERIALIZES.
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD RAINFALL REPORTS OF ONE INCH OR
MORE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY PHONE OR THRU THE WEBSITE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 12:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Warren	3 hr
May 13, 1:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton	3 hr
May 13, 2:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Schoharie	3 hr
May 13, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	51 min
May 13, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	64 min
May 13, 2:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	3 hr
May 13, 2:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Greene	3 hr
May 13, 3:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery	3 hr
May 13, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	43 min
May 13, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	46 min
May 13, 3:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Warren	3 hr
May 13, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Montgomery	38 min
May 13, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	37 min
May 13, 4:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Washington	3 hr
May 13, 6:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	3 hr
May 13, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.