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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Albany, NY

June 26, 2005Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2005, 5:25 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2005, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2005, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
65 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), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2005-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1431 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 2005-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Jun 26, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
231 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...A QUASISTATIONARY FRONT
CONTINUES TO LIE ACROSS FORECAST AREA. ONLY DIFFERENCE ACROSS
BOUNDARY IS DEWPOINTS. DEWPOINTS 50S AND LOW 60S ACROSS
WESTERN/CENTRAL/NORTHERN NEW YORK WHILE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NY AND
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. WITH LITTLE
IN THE WAY OF MID/UPPER LEVEL WINDS...STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVERS AND
SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVIER DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE. SPC HAS US
IN SLIGHT RISK THIS AFTERNOON SO ROGUE SEVERE CELL ALSO POSSIBLE.
LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED FOR MONDAY AS BOUNDARY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE
FOCUS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION.
&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS...THE AVIATION MODEL IS INSISTING THAT AN UPPER LEVEL
PERTURBATION WILL SET OFF FAIRLY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY-THU IN THE UNCONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.
THIS SYSTEM IS OVER THE SOUTHEAST US TODAY. WENT WITH GFS/PAST
FORECAST WITH CLOUDY/WET PERIOD TUE-EARLY FRIDAY. THIS FITS IN WITH
TODAYS WEATHER OVER SOUTHEAST US. WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS
AREA ON FRIDAY. THIS HAS BEEN ADVERTISED FOR A FEW DAYS...ALTHO
FRONT SEEMS TO BE LOSING SPEED AND PUNCH WITH TIME. AT THIS TIME
STILL LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CLEAR CRUD OUT OF HERE FOR A NICE 4TH OF
JULY WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXCEPT LOCALIZED MVFR IN HAZE THIS AFTERNOON
AND DOWN TO 3SM IN FOG OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND SKIES ONLY BKN050
FOR A TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WINDS N 5-10 NORTH
OF MOHAWK VALLEY AND S 5-10 SOUTH OF MOHAWK VALLEY.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
WATERWAYS ARE MAINLY NEAR SEASONABLE NORM...QUARTER TO HALF BANK
FULL.  HOWEVER...LAKE GEORGE AND SCHROON RIVER REMAIN ABOVE
NORMAL...BUT ARE RECEDING.  ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL
SCATTERED.  FLOODING FROM RAINFALL IS UNLIKELY ON RIVERS FOR SEVERAL
DAYS.  HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN
ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVIER
DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE.

&&

.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NY...NONE.
VT...NONE.

&&

SND
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 12:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1236 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ041-043-048>054-058>061-063>066-084-
VTZ013>015-271100-
BENNINGTON VT-EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY-
EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-EASTERN WINDHAM VT-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY-
WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY-
WESTERN WINDHAM VT-
1236 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE VICINITY
OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND INTO THE UPPER
HUDSON RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHERN CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS
MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR...AND HAIL EXCEEDING
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL AND MAY MOVE SLOWLY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND
AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY.

NYZ032-033-038>040-042-047-082-083-271100-
HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-NORTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
NORTHERN WARREN NY-SCHOHARIE NY-SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-
SOUTHERN FULTON NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
1236 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADIRONDACKS AND THE MOHAWK
VALLEY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY
CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR...AND HAIL EXCEEDING
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND
AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
224 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005

NYZ042-043-261900-

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND AND
EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...SMALL HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH....FREQUENT LIGHTNING....AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ROGERS ROCK CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF
WHITEHALL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SILVER BAY AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SABBATH DAY
POINT BY 230 PM EDT
PUTNAM BY 235 PM EDT
PUTNAM STATION BY 240 PM EDT
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTTENBURGS RAMP...9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEMONS
AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DRESDEN CENTER BY 245 PM EDT
8 MILES NORTH OF LOW HAMPTON BY 300 PM EDT

RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR
WITH THIS STORM.

TAW/GG
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
241 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005

NYZ051-052-059-261930-

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN ALBANY AND EASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES...

AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...SMALL HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH....FREQUENT LIGHTNING....AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF COXSACKIE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CATSKILL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
COXSACKIE BY 325 PM EDT
ATHENS AND CATSKILL BY 330 PM EDT

RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH ONE TO ONE A HALF INCHES AN HOUR.

TAW/GGG
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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.