Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2004, 5:55 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 35 min. 7 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
- Jul 5, 2004, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Berkshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | N Becket, MA | SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jul 5, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chesterfield, MA | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN |
| Jul 5, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Chester, MA | |
| Jul 5, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Chester, MA | |
| Jul 5, 6:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Huntington, MA | NUMEROUS 4 IN DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN |
| Jul 5, 6:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Huntington, MA | NUMEROUS 4 IN DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN |
| Jul 5, 6:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Huntington, MA | NUMEROUS 4 IN DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 minutes after it went out.
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KALY 052155 SVRALY MAC003-052230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 554 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BECKET...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BECKET BY 600 PM EDT LAT...LON 4241 7327 4223 7328 4219 7280 4241 7278 $$
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 5, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY, NY 300 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 WORKZONES AVAILABLE. (WILL ADD HEAVY RAINERS TO THE FINAL PRODUCT). .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT...OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES...WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ON ITS HEELS WILL KEEP CLOUDS AND PERHAPS A FEW LEFTOVER SHOWERS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. A NEW SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM TO OUR EAST ON TUESDAY WHILE HIGH PRESSURE...OVER THE GREAT LAKES...BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE AREA AND ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY. && SHORT TERM (THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... RADAR HAS BEEN INDICATING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE RADAR SCOPE BUT INCREASING. THUS FAR...SOME WEAK ROTATION WITH THESE CELLS...BUT THUS FAR...NO MORE THAN A 35 GRID VIL. LIGHTNING HAS THUS FAR NOT BEEN IMPRESSIVE EITHER. OUR VIL OF THE DAY IS 60...DUE TO A NEARLY TROPICAL AIR MASS IN PLACE. AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO FURTHER DESTABILIZE AS THE LOW CLOUDS HAVE PRETTY MUCH BURNED AWAY. THE WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED TO THE EAST AND MORE HEATING WILL TAKE PLACE. EARLIER...WE HAD GOOD LOW LEVEL DIRECTION WIND SHEAR...BUT WITH TIME...THAT IS BECOMING MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL. WE ARE STILL OUTLOOKED IN SLIGHT RISK BUT SO FAR (THROUGH 230 PM) NO MCD FROM SPC. THAT COULD CHANGE. THE FACT THAT CELLS ARE ALREADY POPPING INDICATES LITTLE OR NO CAP. MODIFIED KALY RAOB GAVE US A 2000 J/KG (BASED ON A 82/68 MAX). PWS ARE ALSO HIGH..APPROACHING NEARLY 2.00 INCHES...THUS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE AND WILL BE INCLUDED THROUGH THIS EVENING. CLOUDS AND SOME SHOWERS COULD LINGER EVEN AS THE PROGRESSIVE COLD MOVES TO OUR EAST...DUE TO A SHORTWAVE WHICH WILL SERVE TO SLOW THE FRONT DOWN ALONG THE COAST AND EVENTUALLY CARVE A WEAK SURFACE CYCLONE ALONG THE FRONT. WILL LEAN WITH THE WEAKER ETA SOLUTION...BUT EVEN THE GFS KEEPS MOST OF ITS ASSOCIATED RAINS TO OUR EAST. BY TUESDAY...THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE...COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE PULLING OUT TO OUR EAST AS ANOTHER CANADIAN ANTICYCLONE BUILDS IN FROM THE GREAT LAKES. THIS SHOULD YIELD ANOTHER REFRESHING BREEZE AND COMFORTABLE AIR MASS. ITS RESIDENCE WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS A RATHER POTENT UPPER LEVEL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL WHISK IT OUT TO SEA AND ALLOW THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF NORTHERN BRANCH GENERATED CYCLONES...TO MOVE OUR WAY FOR WEDNESDAY. TIMING FROM THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE TOO A BIT TOO QUICK...HAVE TRIMMED BACK WHICH SHOULD MATCH BETTER WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. THE 12Z ETA PRODUCES HUGE SURFACE BASED CAPES TO NEARLY 2000 J/KG (AGAIN)...DUE TO DEWPOINTS REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 60S. MIGHT BE A TAD OVERDONE BUT FOR NOW...WILL JUST CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS FOR NOW WED AFTERNOON INTO WED NIGHT. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT-MONDAY)... THE UPPER LEVEL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM THAT SHOULD AFFECT US LATE WEDNESDAY LOOKS TO CUT-OFF SOMEWHERE TO OUR NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST THINKING. NOT ONLY DOES THIS SYSTEM CUT-OFF BUT IS FORECAST TO RETROGRADE SLIGHTLY INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY. AS LONG AS IT MOVES NO FURTHER WEST...WE CAN KEEP FRIDAY DRY. IT WILL BE ANOTHER REFRESHING MILD AND DRY DAY. LOOKS AS IF WE HAVE TO TRIM BACK TEMPS A TAD ON SATURDAY TOO WHICH LOOKS TO BE A CARBON COPY OF FRIDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BUILD OVER DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...BUT ONLY LAST UNTIL EARLY MONDAY. && .AVIATION...PREDOMINANT VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS AREA. ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE CEILING AND VIS TO AS LOW AS LIFR. OVERNIGHT...COOL POOL DRIFTS ACROSS AREA WITH MVFR CLOUDS AND PERHAPS A FEW MORE SHOWERS. SOUTHERN AREAS VFR WITH OCNL CIG035. TOMORROW...VFR CONDITIONS ALL AREAS BY 15Z THEN CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. && HYDROLOGY...24-HOUR BASIN AVERAGE QPF LESS THAN 0.75 INCHES ACROSS CWA. MINOR CHANGES EXPECTED NEXT 48 HOURS ON MAIN STEM RIVERS. SOME SMALL CREEKS MAY SEE HALF TO 3/4 BANKFULL RISES THIS EVENING WITH HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. LOWEST 05/12Z 1-HOUR FFG WAS 1.7 INCHES. PW VALUES WITH THIS AIR MASS IS BETWEEN 1.75-2.00 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH UP TO HALF AN INCH OR BETTER POSSIBLE...BUT SO FAR...NO SIGN OF TRAINING. && ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. VT...NONE MA...NONE. CT...NONE. && HWJIV/SD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:48 AM EDT, 14 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 348 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-061100- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE MAIN THREAT IS FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER 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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 148 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 NYZ041-083-051830- ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SARATOGA AND WARREN COUNTIES... AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH....AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDINBURG...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLOVERSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DAY CENTER BY 200 PM EDT LAKE LUZERNE-HADLEY AND CORINTH BY 220 PM EDT LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 159 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 NYZ064>066-051845- ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES... AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH....AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT OVER NEW PALTZ...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... POUGHKEEPSIE BY 205 PM EDT HYDE PARK...FAIRVIEW AND STAATSBURG BY 210 PM EDT PLEASANT VALLEY BY 220 PM EDT MILLBROOK BY 235 PM EDT STANFORDVILLE BY 240 PM EDT AMENIA AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER PLAINS BY 245 PM EDT LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 231 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 NYZ041-083-051915- ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SARATOGA AND WARREN COUNTIES... AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH....AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDINBURG...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SARATOGA SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CORINTH BY 300 PM EDT 6 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE LUZERNE-HADLEY BY 305 PM EDT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST GLENS FALLS AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENS FALLS BY 315 PM EDT LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 246 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 CTZ001-013-NYZ065-066-051945- ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DUTCHESS AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES... AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH....AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RED OAKS MILL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF POUGHKEEPSIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES SOUTH OF DOVER PLAINS BY 305 PM EDT WINGDALE AND PAWLING BY 315 PM EDT GAYLORDSVILLE AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF KENT BY 325 PM EDT NEW MILFORD BY 340 PM EDT 8 MILES SOUTH OF NEW PRESTON BY 345 PM EDT LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 438 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 NYZ059>061-052115- ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COLUMBIA AND GREENE COUNTIES... AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COXSACKIE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUDSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... KINDERHOOK BY 455 PM EDT VALATIE BY 500 PM EDT CHATHAM BY 505 PM EDT AUSTERLITZ BY 515 PM EDT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS STORM COULD LOCALLY REACH UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WOULD RESULT OF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.
Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:38 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
538 PM EDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM HAIL POUGHKEEPSIE 41.70N 73.92W
07/05/2004 0.75 INCH DUTCHESS NY TRAINED SPOTTER
3/4 HAIL AND TREES/WIRES DOWN ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN.
&&
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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.