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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Albany, NY

May 24, 2004Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 8:26 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2004, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 24, 9:05 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Saugerties, NY	OBSERVED ON ROUTE 212 BETWEEN SAUGERTIES AND WOODSTOCK.

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.

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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KALY 250026
TORALY
NYC111-250115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ULSTER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAUGERTIES

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  PHOENICIA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTER...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MOUNT TREMPER BY 835 PM EDT
  WOODSTOCK AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WEST HURLEY BY 845 PM EDT
  SAUGERTIES AND 7 MILES NORTH OF LAKE KATRINE BY 855 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 4206 7451 4213 7449 4216 7444 4213 7434
          4210 7421 4211 7407 4216 7401 4213 7393
          4195 7396

$$

GM/KL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.