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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

December 1, 2006Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Dec 1, 2006, 6:01 PM EST for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 1, 2006, 6:01 PM EST (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Dec 1, 2006, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 44 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), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 1, 3:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS51 KALY 012301
TORALY
NYC111-012345-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0002.061201T2301Z-061201T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
601 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAUGERTIES...KINGSTON

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 557 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  NAPANOCH...OR ABOUT NEAR GRAHAMSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST SHOKAN BY 610 PM EST
  OLIVEBRIDGE AND KENNETH L WILSON CAMPGROUND BY 615 PM EST
  WEST HURLEY...WOODSTOCK...HURLEY AND KINGSTON BY 620 PM EST
  LAKE KATRINE BY 625 PM EST
  SAUGERTIES BY 630 PM EST

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4184 7461 4169 7449 4203 7370 4222 7386

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 1, 2:16 AM EST	High Wind Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more	19 hr
Dec 1, 4:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	55 min
Dec 1, 4:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Schoharie	66 min
Dec 1, 5:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	55 min
Dec 1, 5:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady	66 min
Dec 1, 6:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ALY	Dutchess	53 min
Dec 1, 6:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	61 min
Dec 1, 6:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	53 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.