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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Albany, NY

June 29, 2006Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2006, 9:37 PM EDT for Washington County, New York. It was in force for 27 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 29, 2006, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2006, 10:04 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 276 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 674 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 29, 9:03 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 9:03 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 5:45 AM EDT, 15 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
545 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

NYZ032-033-038>040-082-301100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN FULTON-
545 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND
MOHAWK VALLEY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT..
FLOODING CONTINUES...REFER TO FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 30 MPH AND PRODUCED LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE MAIN
SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ041>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-083-084-
VTZ013>015-301100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
545 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON
VALLEY...TACONICS IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...THE BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN
VERMONT AND THE LITCHFIELD HILLS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 30 MPH AND PRODUCED LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE MAIN
SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 8:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
817 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 PM     HAIL             STRATFORD               43.18N 74.69W
06/29/2006  E1.00 INCH       FULTON             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

OKEEFE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
829 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

NYZ033-041-042-300100-
HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY-
829 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HAMILTON...SARATOGA AND WARREN
COUNTIES...

AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SACANDAGA CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF
GLOVERSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SACANDAGA CAMPGROUND BY 840 PM EDT
DAY CENTER BY 855 PM EDT
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:02 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton48 min
Jun 29, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchALYFulton13 hr
Jun 30, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer61 min
Jun 30, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton57 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.