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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Albany, NY

June 20, 2006Columbia County, Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2006, 3:49 PM EDT for Columbia County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 41 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 20, 2006, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Columbia County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 20, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2006-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 2006-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 20, 10:21 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 10:21 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 12:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1241 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

MAZ001-025-NYZ041-043-049-050-052>054-060-061-084-VTZ013>015-
211100-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
1241 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WASHINGTON...SARATOGA...
SCHENECTADY...ALBANY...RENSSELAER...COLUMBIA...BENNINGTON...
WINDHAM AND BERKSHIRE COUNTIES.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 521 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS
AREA UNTIL 800 PM. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR
MORE ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT LARGE
HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM
WEST TO EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
WASHINGTON...SARATOGA...SCHENECTADY...ALBANY...RENSSELAER...COLUMBIA...
BENNINGTON...WINDHAM AND BERKSHIRE COUNTIES.

CTZ001-013-NYZ032-033-038>040-042-047-048-051-058-059-063>066-082-
083-211100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN HERKIMER-
HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-
NORTHERN WARREN-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-
1241 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SCATTERED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM
THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:27 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
327 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

NYZ040-047-202015-
SCHOHARIE NY-MONTGOMERY NY-
327 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SCHOHARIE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...SMALL HAIL...WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHARON SPRINGS TO 17 MILES WEST OF
SUMMIT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CANAJOHARIE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF MARYLAND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SUMMIT...RICHMONDVILLE AND COBLESKILL BY 350 PM EDT.
CENTRAL BRIDGE AND JEFFERSON BY 400 PM EDT.
SCHOHARIE BY 405 PM EDT.
NORTH BLENHEIM...MIDDLEBURGH AND BREAKABEEN BY 410 PM EDT.

JPV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess42 min
Jun 20, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer43 min
Jun 20, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia53 min
Jun 20, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess41 min
Jun 20, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.