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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY

May 24, 2004Rensselaer County, New York; Bennington County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 6:44 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, New York; Bennington County, Vermont. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Bennington County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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, 6:49 PM EDTHAIL 0.881 S Buskirk, NYHAIL 2 INCHES DEEP.
May 24, 6:49 PM EDTHAIL 0.881 S Buskirk, NYHAIL 2 INCHES DEEP.
May 24, 7:15 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Bennington, VT
May 24, 7:15 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Bennington, VT
May 24, 7:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEaston, NYTREES UPROOTED.
May 24, 7:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEaston, NYTREES UPROOTED.

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
May 24, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.

698 
WFUS51 KALY 242244
TORALY
NYC083-VTC003-242330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
644 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOOSICK FALLS
  SOUTHERN BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BENNINGTON

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOOSICK
  FALLS...OR ABOUT OVER HOOSICK FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HOOSICK FALLS BY 650 PM EDT
  7 MILES SOUTH OF SHAFTSBURY BY 700 PM EDT
  BENNINGTON BY 705 PM EDT
  7 MILES NORTH OF READSBORO BY 725 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4303 7355 4285 7358 4276 7296 4298 7291

$$

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, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga49 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, 6:58 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
May 24, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWindham46 min
May 24, 7:49 PM EDTTornado WarningALYWindham26 min
May 24, 7:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYBennington110 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.