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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Albany, NY

June 19, 2006Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2006, 12:48 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 57 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 19, 2006, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2006, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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 19, 10:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2006-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 495 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 2006-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 4:27 AM EDT, 8 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:27 AM EDT, 8 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 11:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1137 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-VTZ013-201100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-
EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
1137 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
NEW YORK AND BENNINGTON COUNTY VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 509 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA
UNTIL 600 PM. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE
ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO...THERE IS
THE POSSIBILITY THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE POOR
DRAINAGE AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ESPECIALLY WITH THUNDERSTORMS
THAT TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY...AND
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED UNTIL 600 PM FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ALBANY...COLUMBIA...DUTCHESS...FULTON...GREENE...
HAMILTON...HERKIMER...MONTGOMERY...RENSSELAER...SARATOGA...SCHENECTADY
...SCHOHARIE...ULSTER...WARREN...WASHINGTON AND BENNINGTON.

IN ADDITION TO REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL...SPOTTERS ARE
ASKED TO FORWARD RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE IN 4 HOURS
OR LESS...OR 1 INCH IN A HALF HOUR OR LESS...AS WELL AS REPORTS OF
BANKFULL OR NEAR BANKFULL STREAMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
VIA THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ014-015-201100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
1137 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LITCHFIELD...BERKSHIRE AND
WINDHAM COUNTIES.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING. LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG A
DISTURBANCE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER.
ALSO...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
PRODUCE POOR DRAINAGE AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ESPECIALLY WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THAT TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA. INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY...AND
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. IN ADDITION SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO FORWARD RAINFALL
MEASUREMENTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE IN 4 HOURS OR LESS...OR 1 INCH IN
A HALF HOUR OR LESS...AS WELL AS REPORTS OF BANKFULL OR NEAR
BANKFULL STREAMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA THE SEVERE
WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE IF YOU DO NOT
HAVE INTERNET ACCESS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:36 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1236 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

NYZ032-033-191700-
HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
1236 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HERKIMER AND
HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 1232 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
12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCKEEVER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HINCKLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MCKEEVER BY 1255 PM EDT
6 MILES SOUTH OF NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF OLD FORGE
BY 100 PM EDT

RAINFALL RATES WILL APPROACH A HALF AN INCH IN AN HOUR FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

TAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 12:08 PM EDTAir Stagnation AdvisoryALYDutchess, Ulster13 hr
Jun 19, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren, Washington62 min
Jun 19, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga50 min
Jun 19, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington59 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer45 min
Jun 19, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene, Ulster57 min
Jun 19, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer61 min
Jun 19, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess54 min
Jun 19, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia60 min
Jun 19, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess40 min
Jun 19, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington67 min
Jun 19, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWindham63 min
Jun 19, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWindham44 min
Jun 19, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire62 min
Jun 19, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire63 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.