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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY

June 6, 2005Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 2:50 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 55 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
Jun 6, 2005, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
55 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 9:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jun 6, 12:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 468 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KALY 061850
SVRALY
NYC111-061945-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0021.050606T1850Z-050606T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
250 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WEST SHOKAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAHAMSVILLE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST SHOKAN AND WOODLAND VALLEY CAMPGROUND BY 255 PM EDT
  OLIVEBRIDGE BY 300 PM EDT
  MOUNT TREMPER BY 305 PM EDT
  KENNETH L WILSON CAMPGROUND BY 315 PM EDT
  WEST HURLEY BY 325 PM EDT
  WOODSTOCK BY 330 PM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4185 7435 4198 7449 4211 7430 4209 7408
      4216 7404 4216 7401 4218 7400 4213 7392
      4209 7394 4202 7395 4185 7433

$$

WRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Warren59 min
Jun 6, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga62 min
Jun 6, 1:14 PM EDTTornado WarningALYSaratoga46 min
Jun 6, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren56 min
Jun 6, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington59 min
Jun 6, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer49 min
Jun 6, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga28 min
Jun 6, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Schoharie54 min
Jun 6, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchenectady56 min
Jun 6, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene53 min
Jun 6, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren65 min
Jun 6, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer60 min
Jun 6, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington56 min
Jun 6, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga66 min
Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie32 min
Jun 6, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery58 min
Jun 6, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Rensselaer56 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene35 min
Jun 6, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster66 min
Jun 6, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington59 min
Jun 6, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren61 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.