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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY

May 15, 2007Columbia County, Greene County, Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2007, 5:06 PM EDT for Columbia County, Greene County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 45 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
May 15, 2007, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2007, 5:51 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Columbia County, NY, Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2007-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 342 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1392 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 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 May 15, 10:47 AM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 10:47 AM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 4:45 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
445 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007

CTZ001-013-NYZ063>066-161100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
445 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...A FEW OF
WHICH MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL
MOVE QUICKLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THERE IS A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH
THE LOCAL AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHICH MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

MAZ001-025-NYZ047>054-058>061-161100-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
445 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CATSKILLS AND
TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE
STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THERE IS A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH
THE LOCAL AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHICH MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

NYZ032-033-038>043-082>084-VTZ013>015-161100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
445 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN
ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND EASTERN MOHAWK
VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE
STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY DURING
THE MORNING...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES FROM THE EASTERN GREAT
LAKES REGION THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA DURING THE MORNING. AT THIS
TIME...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...ALTHOUGH
SOME GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL ONCE
AGAIN MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHICH MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 4:17 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
417 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007

NYZ047-058-059-152100-
EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-SCHOHARIE NY-
417 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SCHOHARIE AND GREENE
COUNTIES...

AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...SMALL HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORTH BLENHEIM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ROXBURY...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PRATTSVILLE...GILBOA AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH BLENHEIM BY 425 PM
EDT
WINDHAM BY 435 PM EDT
NORTH-SOUTH LAKE CAMPGROUND BY 450 PM EDT
CATSKILL AND HIGH FALLS BY 455 PM EDT

BGM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 4:04 AM EDTRed Flag WarningALY12 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.