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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Albany, NY

July 3, 2006Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2006, 1:50 PM EDT for Dutchess County, 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2006, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2006, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dutchess County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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
Jul 3, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2006-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2006-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 Jul 3, 10:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 10:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:24 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
124 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

NYZ064-065-031800-
EASTERN ULSTER NY-WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-
124 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES...

AT 120 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TILLSON...OR OVER NEW
PALTZ...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW PALTZ BY 135 PM EDT
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAATSBURG BY 140 PM EDT
HYDE PARK BY 155 PM EDT
HIGHLAND...FAIRVIEW...POUGHKEEPSIE AND 7 MILES WEST OF PLEASANT
VALLEY BY 200 PM EDT

JPV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess46 min
Jul 3, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Ulster51 min
Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster59 min
Jul 3, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie61 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.